And the oh-so lucky college in question? The late Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University.

Six-time world karate champ Chuck Norris is a longtime Republican supporter and an American hero against the insidious "homosexual agenda" the liberals push into our school system. No wonder he was Liberty University students' first choice for a commencement speaker.

Chuck was completely comfortable delivering the incredibly moving account of his trying life story and his recent religious awakening (oh yeah, plus skydiving with George Bush, Sr.!). Growing up shy and unathletic? For shame! And even after he discovered his martial arts superpowers, Norris was still a lost lamb -- until he met a woman named Gena, who read the Bible to him.

“It’s like the Holy Spirit hit me and said, ‘Chuck it’s time to come home,’” he recalled. “I was hot for the Lord, and I still am to this day.”

All that hotness is what got Norris Liberty's honorary Doctor of Humanities; the degree was awarded after his speech.

Okay, you've read the facts, now hear from the man himself. The entire speech is on YouTube in two parts: Part One and Part Two.