Jane Fonda, John Maxwell, Norma McCorvey, and Scott Peck -- what do they have in common?
By Berit Kjos - April, 2005
Jane Fonda, Norma McCorvey, John Maxwell and M. Scott Peck -- four very different celebrities on four diverging paths! What do they share along the way? What can we learn from them? How can we pray for them?
First clue: Ponder their words and ways. "For," said Jesus, "out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks" (Luke:6:4How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
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Jane Fonda (celebrated as "born again"): "I began to really study it [Christianity], and I thought, uh-oh, I don't know. There's a lot of problems I have here with this Christianity. Maybe I've made a mistake. I'm a feminist. But I'm on a journey....
KING: You're not a "born again?"
FONDA: I don't even know what that means . . . .
KING: Do you read your Bible?
FONDA: I read everything from Robert Graves "King David " to the "Gnostic Gospels" to the "Book of John" [the Gnostic version?]. I read a lot. I'm on a journey." [Jane Fonda was interviewed on CNN Larry King Live on April 6.]
Norma McCorvey, the former "Jane Roe" of Roe vs. Wade (celebrated as "born again") : "I would profess my adherence to all that the Catholic [2] Church officially teaches . . . . But the Blessed Virgin leads me, and all of us, to the true God. I have great dreams about the Mother of God, and have set up a prayer garden at my home. The Blessed Virgin is there, and I bring her my love every morning and evening. Through the storms of this life, she will come to lead us to Jesus and make a way for everyone who will enter heaven." ("My Journey into the Catholic [2] Church" By Norma McCorvey, the former "Jane Roe" of Roe vs. Wade).
Scott Peck, author of "A Road Less Traveled" (celebrated as "born again" in the 1980s): "In and through community lies the salvation [3] of the world. Nothing is more important . . . . I am dubious, however, as to how far we can move toward global community -- which is the only way to achieve international peace -- until we learn the basic principles of community in our own individual lives and personal spheres of influence." (Scott Peck, "The Different Drum: Community-Making and Peace" (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987, introduction).
John Maxwell (chairman of Global Pastor's Network ): "No matter what your profession, possibility thinking can help you to broaden your horizon and dream bigger dreams." Professor David J. Schwartz ["one of the foremost experts on motivation"] believes, "Big thinkers are specialists in creating positive forward-looking, optimistic pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others." (John Maxwell, "Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work" (Warner Books, 2003),
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[1] https://www.thebereancall.org/bible/1/LUK/6/4#v4
[2] https://www.thebereancall.org/taxonomy/term/5/catholicism
[3] https://www.thebereancall.org/taxonomy/term/57/salvation