Saturday was a banner day for Liberty football with a high scoring win over Southern Mississippi moving the Flames to a 6-0 record, tying the program’s best start since 2008 as quarterback Malik Willis rubberstamped the impact he has had on the team this season. Willis removed all doubt regarding his earlier injury, highlighting not just his top-notch running game […]
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On June 18, 1986, the words of basketball legend “Pistol” Pete Maravich changed Stephon Leary’s life forever. After a week of dominating the competition at “Pistol” Pete’s youth basketball camp at Clearwater Christian College, Leary, a high school junior and Houston-native, felt special. That feeling grew even more when Maravich, a Hall of Famer and the organizer of the camp, […]
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Although Christians typically define faith as “the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1), the dictionary defines faith as “a system of religious belief.” Typically, a devout Hindu, Christian and Muslim would all be considered individuals of faith. Not because they share the same faith, but rather because in some way, shape or […]
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died 39 days ago. On Monday evening, after longwinded debates, Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett was approved by the Senate 52-48 and was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas outside the White House late Monday night. The vote came after 30 hours of debate from the Senate, many of which were nearly identical to committee […]
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A Liberty online student is combatting a pandemic at work in a Florida jail, while also diligently working toward his degree. Lt. Vincent Red, a shift commander for the jail, was completing paperwork in his office in the spring when he received a call from the deputy running the scanner at the entrance. Red went straight to the scanner and […]
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Liberty rushed out of the gates Saturday and never looked back, dominating Syracuse 38-21 to improve to 5-0 on the season while subsequently cinching a spot in the program record books. Behind a deluge of 520 yards of total offense and another stifling defensive effort, a commanding LU defeated an ACC opponent for the first time in school history – […]
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The Office of Spiritual Development introduced a 40-day fasting initiative this semester encouraging students to lay down habits like gluttonous eating and excessive social media for a time to focus on deepening their relationships with God. The concept was established as a part of a spiritual disciplines initiative focusing on fasting, prayer, worship and meditation, introduced by Campus Pastor David […]
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The White Hart Café — a staple downtown Lynchburg gathering spot — changed ownership in late February, and the new management is working diligently to make the city of Lynchburg a better place. “One of the things we talk about a lot is being Lynchburg’s living room,” Myke Barron, part of the new management team, said. “That’s a name that […]
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Middle school teacher Brendan Stanton asks his students the same question every day: Who do you admire the most? This question, meant to help the students reflect on people’s influence in their own lives, quickly became too personal for the teacher when one of his students named Donald Trump as the person he admires most. The 10-year-old student said that […]
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Tomorrow, Liberty will be in upstate New York battling the Syracuse Orange for a chance to improve to 5-0. Should Liberty win, the Flames will exact revenge for a 24-0 loss last year on opening week and increase their credibility on the national stage. Should Syracuse win, the Orange will set themselves on a path to redeem a season that […]
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Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America, stepped off a big pink tour bus Friday afternoon to a crowd of Liberty students and faculty, showing support for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. The crowd gathered on campus near the food court at Reber–Thomas to hear from Nance and other speakers and rally behind Judge Barrett as she begins […]
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If presented with the option between building success in a career or starting a family, which would be the practical choice? Today’s culture can tend to lean toward the idea that one cannot have both a career and a family simultaneously. Instead, it has given off the notion that women must give up one for the other. Amy Coney Barrett […]
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The Liberty Mountain Trail Series hosted its first race of the season, drawing many runners from the Liberty community and the local area. The Deep Hollow Half Marathon and 5k took place on Oct. 10. The race was the first race hosted by LMTS since the COVID-19 shutdowns ended the spring season abruptly. Understanding the current circumstances that come with […]
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Sophomore Josh Carroll has found his own way of sharing the Gospel through creating brickfilms, movies made completely with LEGO pieces and characters. Carroll crafted his first brickfilm based on “The Passion of The Christ” in 2015, and it certainly made an impact. “I want to serve the Lord with whatever I do with my life, but I did not […]
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The Flames 5-year wait for a shutout continues, but they came awfully close Saturday, smothering the visiting ULM Warhawks from the first drive of the afternoon in a 40-7 thrashing that moved the Flames to 4-0 for the fifth time in program history. With Malik Willis taking snaps again after missing last week’s game for an elbow injury, Liberty produced […]
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