All the signs of unraveling scandal can be found at ORU where Richard Roberts has now asked his hand-picked Board of Regents to take a leave of absence. At a school where Roberts’ wife is seriously called “the first lady” this is big news.
It is big news with yet more potential political consequences for politics. Another scandal by a major Christian leader in love with Republican politics will cause already disenchanted evangelicals to further evaluate the state of the church and ask hard questions about political involvement.