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Rush Limbaugh’s Brother Says Radio Host ‘Had Such Sincere, Heartfelt Faith’
By Movieguide® Contributor
David Limbaugh, the younger brother of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, recently shared how his brother’s faith grew in the final year of his life before his death in Feb. 2021.
David shared that the brothers were raised in a Christian household, but he did not fully accept Christianity until his mid-30s.
“People think that Christianity is based on blind faith,” David explained. “No, no, it’s based on evidence. But faith is critical. Without faith, meaning putting your trust in Christ for your personal salvation, you’re not going to get there, no matter how much you believe intellectually.”
After becoming a Christian, David wondered if Rush had also become a Christian and even asked his brother about it at one time.
Rush replied that he was a Christian but didn’t discuss it much because he didn’t think he knew enough about it.
It wasn’t until Rush’s cancer diagnosis that David felt the radio host truly accepted God into his life, something he saw as a “silver lining” to the diagnosis.
“We grow from our suffering, and that is totally biblical throughout. So many things come in God’s time,” David explained.
“With Rush, he was experiencing this hardship, and he was taken down to the lowest point, and he turned. He had to turn; he had nowhere else to turn. Even if he hadn’t had faith in Christ before, he had such sincere, heartfelt faith,” David added.
“It really doesn’t matter if Rush embraced Christ 10 years before or one day before he died,” he continued. “What matters is, and I can say emphatically that he did embrace Him. I would say for sure in the early part of that last year. I think he did before, but I don’t know.”
David concluded, “All I can say is he had an exclamation point on it during that time. He got his faith through Christ, and he leaned on Him.”
Movieguide® previously reported on Rush’s strong Christian faith:
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh shared on his radio show that he relies on his relationship with Jesus as he battles Stage 4 lung cancer.
“I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,” he said. “It is of immense value, strength, and confidence. That’s why I’m able to remain fully committed to the idea that what is supposed to happen will happen when it’s meant to.”
The host, 69, was diagnosed in February and shared his appreciation for his friends, family and fans’ prayers.
“I feel more and more blessed hearing from you and knowing you’re out there praying and everything else you’re doing, that is a blessing. It’s just a series of blessings,” Limbaugh said from his studio. “I am grateful to be able to come here to the studio, tell you about it, and really maintain as much normalcy as I can.”
Limbaugh said the diagnosis surprised him earlier this year, as he had no apparent symptoms. However, there is “some progression of cancer,” according to his latest scans.
“The scans did show some progression of cancer,” Limbaugh explained. “Prior to that, the scans had shown that we had rendered the cancer dormant—that’s my phrase for it. We had stopped the growth. It had been reduced, and it had become manageable. But it’s always the reality, and the knowledge, that that can change and it can come back, because it is cancer. It outsmarts pretty much everything you throw at it. And this, of course, this is Stage 4 lung cancer.”
Limbaugh is trusting God, but the radio host is candid about his fear for the future.
“It’s tough to realize that the days where I do not think I’m under a death sentence are over,” Limbaugh said. “We all know we’re going to die at some point. When you have a terminal disease diagnosis that has a time frame to it, then that puts a different psychological and even physical awareness to it.”
Despite his diagnosis, Limbaugh offered his listeners encouragement in how he approaches each day.
“I know a lot of you out there are going through your own challenges whether it’s cancer or another medical illness, or some other life challenge, maybe you are even in the hospital right now,” Limbaugh said. “Someone told me ‘the only thing anyone is certain of is right now, today.’ That’s why I thank God every morning when I wake up, I thank God that I did.”
Limbaugh continued: “There’s some comfort in knowing that some things are not in our hands. There’s a lot of fear associated with that too, but there is some comfort. It’s helpful to be able to trust and to believe in a higher plan.”
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What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.
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