Noviembre
2006
Ojeroso: Sexo gay, Meth e hipocresía(parte?)
Ruegue por favor para Ted ojeroso, de iglesia nueva de la vida en Colorado. El Oh, Jesús perdonará masaje del sexo, uso del meth e hipocresía gays ojerosos. ¿Pero cómo sobre los cristianos evangélicos hacia fuera allí y la prensa liberal?
Sí, sé que mucha gente está en el choque que ojeroso, el líder de la asociación nacional de Evangelicals (NEA), y alguien que está en tacto con la casa blanca de Bush sobre una base regular, contrataría a las cosas como sexo gay, drogas y que sabe qué más.
Polvillo radiactivo de la admisión gay ojerosa del sexo
El entrevistarse con vario cristiano escoge en el ojeroso y edición gay del sexo, sacamos sensaciones de la cólera, del dolor, de la traición y de la repugnancia. Una muchacha cristiana de 25 años sola se lamentó que ella no sabía si ella podría confiar en siempre a otro “líder cristiano” otra vez. ¿Cómo triste es eso? Roguemos que pecados gays del sexo no afectarán a otros solos cristianos negativamente, o cualquieres otros pecados que sus líderes confíen.
Apología ojerosa de Ted por pecado gay del sexo
La prensa está teniendo diversión el martillar de la admisión gay del sexo de Ted del pastor, especialmente a la luz de su oposición pública a la unión de la homosexualidad y del gay. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los enchufes de los medios dejaron convenientemente hacia fuera el corazón de la letra ojerosa de la apología a su iglesia para su caída en sexo gay. Por lo tanto, pensamos que sería bueno demostrarlo aquí:
A mi familia nueva de la iglesia de la vida:Estoy tan apesadumbrado. Estoy apesadumbrado para la decepción, la traición, y el daño. Estoy apesadumbrado para el ejemplo 1 horrible he fijado para usted.Tengo abrumar, todo-consumiendo tristeza en mi corazón para el dolor que usted e I y mi familia han experimentado el excedente el pasado pocos días. Estoy tan apesadumbrado para las circunstancias que le han causado vergüenza y la vergu|enza.Pregunté que esta nota esté leída a usted esta mañana así que podría clarificarcondición de mi corazón a usted. Los cuatro días pasados han sido así que difícil para mí, mi familia y usted, y yo han confundido más lejos la situación con algunas de las cosas que he dicho durante entrevistas con los reporteros que me cogerían que viene o que va de mi hogar. Pero yo sola responsable de la confusión causada por mis declaraciones contrarias. The fact is, I am guilty of sexual immorality, and I take responsibility for the entire problem.
I am a deceiver and a liar. There is a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I’ve been warring against it all of my adult life.
For extended periods of time, I would enjoy victory and rejoice in freedom. Then, from time to time, the dirt that I thought was gone would resurface, and I would find myself thinking thoughts and experiencing desires that were contrary to everything I believe and teach.
Through the years, I’ve sought assistance in a variety of ways, with none of them proving to be effective in me. Then, because of pride, I began deceiving those I love the most because I didn’t want to hurt or disappoint them.
The public person I was wasn’t a lie; it was just incomplete. When I stopped communicating about my problems, the darkness increased and finally dominated me. As a result, I did things that were contrary to everything I believe.
The accusations that have been leveled against me are not all true, but enough of them are true that I have been appropriately and lovingly removed from ministry. Our church’s overseers have required me to submit to the oversight of Dr. James Dobson, Pastor Jack Hayford, and Pastor Tommy Barnett. Those men will perform a thorough analysis of my mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical life. They will guide me through a program with the goal of healing and restoration for my life, my marriage, and my family.
I created this entire situation. The things that I did opened the door for additional allegations . But I am responsible; I alone need to be disciplined and corrected. An example must be set.
It is important that you know how much I love and appreciate my wife, Gayle. What I did should never reflect in a negative way on her relationship with me. She has been and continues to be incredible. The problem is not with her, my children or any of you. It was created 100 percent by me.
I have been permanently removed from the office of Senior Pastor of New Life Church. Until a new senior pastor is chosen, our Associate Senior Pastor Ross Parsley will assume all of the the responsibilities of the office. On the day he accepted this new role, he and his wife, Aimee, had a new baby boy. A new life in the midst of this circumstance - I consider the confluence of events to be prophetic. Please commit to join with Pastor Ross and the others in church leadership to make their service to you easy and without burden. They are fine leaders. You are blessed.
I appreciate your loving and forgiving nature, and I humbly ask you to do a few things.
1.) Please stay faithful to God through service and giving.
2.) Please forgive me. I am so embarrassed and ashamed. I caused this and I have no excuse. I am a sinner. I have fallen. I desperately need to be forgiven and healed.
3.) Please forgive my accuser. He is revealing the deception and sensuality that was in my life. Those sins, and others, need to be dealt with harshly. So, forgive him and, actually, thank God for him. I am trusting that his action will make me, my wife and family, and ultimately all of you, stronger. He didn’t violate you; I did.
4.) Please stay faithful to each other. Perform your functions well. Encourage each other and rejoice in God’s faithfulness. Our church body is a beautiful body, and like every family, our strength is tested and proven in the midst of adversity. Because of the negative publicity I’ve created with my foolishness, we can now demonstrate to the world how our sick and wounded can be healed, and how even disappointed and betrayed church bodies can prosper and rejoice.
Gayle and I need to be gone for a while. We will never return to a leadership role at New Life Church. In our hearts, we will always be members of this body. We love you as our family. I know this situation will put you to the test. I’m sorry I’ve created the test, but please rise to this challenge and demonstate the incredible grace that is available to all of us.
Ted Haggard
Pastor Haggard’s gay sex confession was heartwrenching and raw. And it was all somehow very refreshing to finally hear the truth stripped of all excuses, and laid bare for all to see. Okay, Haggard was caught like a rat, and lied at first. But he eventually did come clean in a humble way about his gay sex encounters and struggles. He didn’t have to do this.
Look, was Haggard being a hypocrite for making public stands against the homosexual lifestyle, while at the same time engaging in gay sex? Yes. Did he commit a grievious sin as a minister of of Jesus Christ? Yes again.
How Pastor Haggard Affects Us
After I read Pastor Ted’s apology, the Lord convicted me in several areas:
- Many of us, including myself, have judged Pastor Haggard over his gay sex affair. But do we have have need to confess secret sins as well? Now that was a scary thought!
- Am I truly willing to forgive Pastor Haggard, and better yet, Christian close to us who have done us wrong?
Bible Verses of Day
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” Matthew 7:1-5
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