Man I am really grateful for a post like this one. Thank you Peter, for acting as a "sound" sounding board for us, your fellow Believers. This world, this country, is suffering through the constructs of the spirit of the age (much of it, a result of our own Christian complacency). It is good, though, to have biblical voices to read and calibrate our hearts, alongside The Word. Thank you again.
It is heartbreaking, but there are many cases of behavior like Josh Duggar's within the church and within her human leadership. Child abuse is rampant and churches tend to cover it up and pass offending pastors onto the next unsuspecting congregation. This needs to stop. While the world will always use these examples to bash the church, it is important that we clean up our own act from within. We can show the grace God has given us in how we treat our sisters and brothers and demonstrate a small slice of His justice here on earth in combating evil.
Churches need to do background checks and not whitewash the crimes of its former pastors. There is a much higher purpose that trumps concerns about libel and slander.
Man I am really grateful for a post like this one. Thank you Peter, for acting as a "sound" sounding board for us, your fellow Believers. This world, this country, is suffering through the constructs of the spirit of the age (much of it, a result of our own Christian complacency). It is good, though, to have biblical voices to read and calibrate our hearts, alongside The Word. Thank you again.
It is heartbreaking, but there are many cases of behavior like Josh Duggar's within the church and within her human leadership. Child abuse is rampant and churches tend to cover it up and pass offending pastors onto the next unsuspecting congregation. This needs to stop. While the world will always use these examples to bash the church, it is important that we clean up our own act from within. We can show the grace God has given us in how we treat our sisters and brothers and demonstrate a small slice of His justice here on earth in combating evil.
Churches need to do background checks and not whitewash the crimes of its former pastors. There is a much higher purpose that trumps concerns about libel and slander.
Excellent post. Thank you.
Stand firm! PTL!!!
Thank you for your thoughtful and balanced memo