article_snippet.sent: Schuller (seen in 1980) hailed from Iowa, and according to the Des Moines Register, once said 'To the degree I have been successful, I owe the degree to integrity. '
article_snippet.sent: Unlike other televangelists, Schuller's message lacked fire-and-brimstone condemnations or conservative political baggage. '
article_snippet.sent: Schuller (seen in 1980) had admirers that ranged from fellow evangelist Billy Graham to Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
article_snippet.sent: Schuller (seen in 1980) also was among the first foreign religious figures invited to preach on Russian television.
article_snippet.sent: Fundamentalists attacked Schuller (seen in 1980) as a heretic and humanist for statements Fundamentalists believed denied the need for personal repentance of sin and for Schuller (seen in 1980) tolerance of Jewish, Roman Catholic and other theologies.
article_snippet.sent: Schuller (seen in 1980) friendship with President Bill Clinton raised some eyebrows among the conservative Republicans of Schuller (seen in 1980)
article_snippet.sent: In response, Schuller (seen in 1980) gave a sermon on tolerance.
article_snippet.sent: I do let people know how great people sins and miseries are,' Schuller's friendship with President Clinton said in a 1992 radio interview. '