Janet Mefferd is a former news reporter who comes from the Christian broadcasting field (more info here). She confronted Pastor Mark Driscoll for his alleged plagarism in November 2013 and was roundly criticized for such a direct confrontation. Some disagree over how that interview was handled, and she even apologized for doing it, but my … Continue reading “Janet Mefferd On Pastor Tullian Tchividjian’s Adulterous Fall”
Category: Sin
No matter how much you care…
…you don’t get to choose repentance for them. “But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve….But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” – Joshua 24:15a,c, NIV I remember sitting in a sermon series with a pastor–i.e. Pastor Dom of … Continue reading “No matter how much you care…”
Comfort Affairs And Pastor Tullian Tchividjian’s Tragic Fall
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may … Continue reading “Comfort Affairs And Pastor Tullian Tchividjian’s Tragic Fall”
Surreal
This weekend happens to be my ten-year college reunion. I went to an elite liberal arts college in the Midwestern part of the United States. We take our reunions seriously as the college had a way for forging lifelong relationships during those short four years together. Back then the community was small and tight. That … Continue reading “Surreal”
Mailbag: Was this the persecution that GOD was calling me to endure?
Sheila wrote (for original post/comment thread see here): My estranged husband has been unfaithful to me from the time we met until now. I suspected all of that time but didn’t have any hard evidence to prove it long ago. When I went to the church about it I was told to stop judging him … Continue reading “Mailbag: Was this the persecution that GOD was calling me to endure?”
Ecclesiastical Trials Are NOT Pastoral Care
The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people. They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put … Continue reading “Ecclesiastical Trials Are NOT Pastoral Care”
You Will Never Hear Jesus Say…
You will never hear Jesus say to an adultery/infidelity survivor… 1. “You do realize that you deserved this, right?!” Truth: No one deserves to be cheated on. God demands everyone honor the marriage bed and keep it undefiled (see Hebrews 13:4). And God consistently condemns adultery including it as prohibited explicitly in the Ten Commandments (e.g. Exodus … Continue reading “You Will Never Hear Jesus Say…”
Hyper-Headship-ism
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. – Ephesians 5:23, KJV I have already written about the abuse of this specific text from Ephesians in earlier posts (see, for example, here and here). While many may be … Continue reading “Hyper-Headship-ism”
Remember Your “Cistern Story”
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing—and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it. – Genesis 37:23-24, NIV What’s your “Cistern Story?” Can you think of a time when your world was … Continue reading “Remember Your “Cistern Story””
Stand Firm
The Lord is pleased with good people, but condemns those who plan evil. Wickedness does not give security, but righteous people stand firm. -Proverbs 12:2-3, GNT A regret? Maybe. I remember confronting my ex-wife one Sunday afternoon following church. It was an encounter that is forever burned into my memory. Vividly, I remember how she … Continue reading “Stand Firm”