His eldest child was conceived out of wedlock. In recent decades, he has
parlayed the donations of his TV viewers into a nine-figure personal
fortune. He has deviously (and successfully) folded a
corporatist and Cold Warrior agenda into a telegenic brand
of That Old-Time Religion, giving odious political views the gravitas of
Holy Writ. He's quite possibly a liar and a cheat, but
keep in mind that many Old Testament heroes were equally flawed.