“Smith said he are ‘great friends’ with the employee but not ‘sexually involved.’ He admitted the two had kissed, but only after they stopped living with their spouses ….
‘As long as she is still married, we are not going to have any type of romantic relations,’ he said.”
-Anugrah Kumar, “Audio of Venue Church Pastor Tavner Smith being confronted over alleged affair leaked.”
Does the Bible say that you can romantically engage another partner as long as you not living in the same house?
My Bible does not.
Wait, this pastor denies the relationship was or is romantic.
What is kissing another partner then? Platonic? Hardly. It is crossing the line into romantic relations. You ought not to be kissing someone who isn’t your spouse. This is especially true of a pastor who is suppose to be above reproach on such matters.
This pastor is lying to himself and others by making these “excuses.”
One does not kiss their ‘great friend’ unless that friend is a spouse or potential mate. This guy was grasping for straws to excuse the inexcusable.
Plus, the article continues to recount an episode when volunteers surprised this pastor at home. He was allegedly in his boxers, and the ‘great friend’ was in a towel! Yeah, “friend.”
This man is a hireling and undeserving of the title of pastor. If you’ve heard him give his Sunday morning rah rah talks, you’ll quickly understand that he wouldn’t know how to rightly divide the word of truth if his life and great friend’s towel depended on it.
He’s feral and clearly suited for the office of wolf. That might sound a bit harsh, but if you listen to him “teach” about himself, I think I’m being gracious.
What I find disturbing is how these sort of people are able to gather a Megachurch!
I think people who attend these churches want a little bit of Jesus. They don’t want anything life changing or anything that requires repentance. They want something made to order that you can get in a drive-through. It’s fast-food religion devoid of any spiritual nutrition, but the music will be loud.