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gam197
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May his soul rest in peace.
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ChurchSoldier
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When I first came back to the faith many years ago I watched a lot of Robert Schuller and read several of his books. As time went on I moved more deeply into the faith but at that time God used his ministry to get me reconnected.
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Lost_Sheep
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As televangelists go, he was one of the better ones. 
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blaskoman
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His particular judgement finally revealed all his heresies
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tabycat
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May God have mercy on his soul and may he rest in peace. 
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stinkcat_14
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As will ours.
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Holly3278
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Eternal rest grant unto him oh Lord and may perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.
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ProVobis
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Requiescat in pace.
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livingwordunity
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May he rest in peace.
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Arizona_Mike
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Rest in peace and may God embrace him.
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DeniseNY
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Don’t forget that you’ll be subject to judgement as well.
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stinkcat_14
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That fact should make us all a little bit more humble.
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RACJ
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We can’t allow the fact that we will all be judged to paralyze us, Denise. I was not a fan of Rev. Shuller, b/c of his variances from Biblical principles. To me, this made him a misguided man, not necessarily an evil one. Blessings, Rob
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ProVobis
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Wasn’t his ministry more as an inspirational speaker rather than a theologian?We can’t allow the fact that we will all be judged to paralyze us, Denise. I was not a fan of Rev. Shuller, b/c of his variances from Biblical principles. To me, this made him a misguided man, not necessarily an evil one. Blessings, Rob
“If it’s going to be, it’s up to me.” is one line I’ll always remember.
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Della
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Eternal rest grant unto Robert, O Lord.And let perpetual light shine upon him,
May he, and all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,
Rest in peace. Amen.
He started his ministry to reach the unchurched. Remember he started holding Sunday services an outdoor movie theater.
Then came the Crystal Cathedral when his ministry “took off.” That may have been a bad move in his part because of the costs of maintaining such a campus. Still, his ministry helped a lot of people.For those who think his ministry illicit remember this incident:
Mark 9[38] John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us.”
[39] But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.
[40] For he that is not against us is for us.
Robert Schuller was doing the Lord’s work as he understood it and as he felt led to do it. That it lasted as long as it did and helped so many people is a testament to God’s hand in it. But, apparently it was not meant to go on and so it failed financially. So now we Catholics benefit by being able to buy a ready-made campus and cathedral for Orange Diocese. If Robert Schuller hadn’t had his ministry we wouldn’t have Christ Cathedral today. Like the structures or not, it was a great spiritual benefit when it was built and continues to be now and into the future.
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oldcelt
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I honestly thought he had died years ago. RIP
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Della
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No, he retired and his son tried taking over, but the ministry fizzled after Robert Sr. was no longer in charge. That’s the problem with personality driven ministries–once the “star” fades the fascination does too.
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CaptFun
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I haven’t been able to document it, but the OC Register was victim of a hoax some years back and reported that Schuller had died and did a sweeping bio on him in its pages.
The story of the hoax was almost as big … but maybe you’d heard the initial message and not the correction. Or … it may have been that since Schuller retired he was really low profile. He HAD been quite a high profile personality in his heydey.
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CaptFun
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While I was never tempted to leave my Catholic faith and join the Crystal Cathedral … I considered that ministry an ally in bringing Christ to the world.
And let perpetual light shine upon him,
May he, and all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,
Rest in peace. Amen.
He started his ministry to reach the unchurched. Remember he started holding Sunday services an outdoor movie theater.
For those who think his ministry illicit remember this incident:
Mark 9[38] John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us.”
[39] But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.
[40] For he that is not against us is for us.
Robert Schuller was doing the Lord’s work as he understood it and as he felt led to do it. That it lasted as long as it did and helped so many people is a testament to God’s hand in it. But, apparently it was not meant to go on and so it failed financially. So now we Catholics benefit by being able to buy a ready-made campus and cathedral for Orange Diocese. If Robert Schuller hadn’t had his ministry we wouldn’t have Christ Cathedral today. Like the structures or not, it was a great spiritual benefit when it was built and continues to be now and into the future.
That shining cross that now adorns Christ Cathedral was once the highest point of a structure in Orange County, CA. It still gives witness to the faith to all the millions who pass by the “Orange Crush” confluence of Southern California freeways linking OC, LA, San Diego, and the Inland Empire.
The Crystal Cathedral had ministries that fed the hungry and the poor, provided many activities for youth and young adults that gently introduced them to Christ and kept some out of trouble with wholesome activities and leadership building. When my siblings, who were part of some of these, left to start something similar in their Catholic parish (ironically, St. Callistus, the parish that later moved to the Cathedral grounds) … their Crystal Cathedral contemporaries thought it was great. No “witnessing” to them about the Catholic Church (being … fallen … false … W of Babylon, etc. etc.) at all.
Per Schuller himself … during the visit of Pope John Paul II to Los Angeles in the late 1980’s, he filled the Crystal Cathedral with large TVs tuned to KTLA’s Channel 5 continuous coverage of the Pope’s visit to accommodate some of those who could not attend some of the Holy Father’s sold out venues.
When the media asked how he as a Protestant Minister could be doing such a thing, seemingly on behalf of the Catholic leader – Schuller praised the Pope as an outstanding man of God whose message every Christian should listen to < (my paraphrase) and then added a comment that should have been worldwide news …
Schuller’s Hour of Power once hosted (now Blessed) Archbishop Fulton Sheen as a featured speaker and interview guest. Sheen on HIS TV program in the 1950s had previously coined the term “The Hour of Power” for a time he set aside as prayer - urging others to do the same.
Schuller dedicated a statue to Sheen on the Cathedral Campus after Sheen’s death which remains there today.
Though he never quite closed that formal conversion loop … Schuller did step in to see that the Diocese of Orange, and not higher bidder Chapman College, got the Crystal Cathedral and the Campus (calling the Catholic Church “the Mother Church” and wishing for his “Cathedral” to remain a place of worship).
Pope John Paul II blessed a model of the Crystal Cathedral campus Schuller brought with him to an audience with the pontiff in Rome (a picture of that is in some Christ Cathedral brochures).
On April 20, there will be a service for Schuller on the campus he built, now a Catholic Church called Christ Cathedral.
I don’t yet know how else there might be a Catholic presence at the memorial … but there may be protestors from the Westboro Baptist Church protesting the event (due to certain of Schuller’s positions they oppose).
ocregister.com/articles/schuller-656270-church-cathedral.html < many videos on Schuller and the Cathedral
ocregister.com/articles/schuller-657043-westboro-cathedral.html
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