11월
2006
수척한: 명랑한 성, Meth 및 위선(몫?)
콜로라도에 있는 새로운 생활 교회의, 수척한 Ted를 위해 기도하십시오. 아, 예수 수척한 명랑한 성 안마, meth 사용 및 위선을 용서할 것이다. 그러나 어떻게 거기 복음 기독교인 밖으로 및 자유주의 압박에 관하여?
좋아, 나는 많은 사람이 수척할, Evangelicals (NEA)의 국가 협회의 지도자, 및 그밖의 무엇을지 정상적으로 인 누구, 명랑한 성 같이 것, 약에서 접전할 것이고 부시 백악관을 가진 접촉에서 알고 있 충격에서 다는 것을 알고 있다.
수척한 명랑한 성 입하에서 다툼
몇몇 회견은 수척한 것에 기독교인 골라내고 명랑한 성 문제점, 우리는 노기, 고통, 배신 및 싫증의 감각을 이끌어냈다. 1명의 25 살 기독교 단 하나 여아는 그녀가 이제까지 다른 "기독교 지도자"를 다시 신뢰할 수 있는지 그녀가 몰랐다 애도했다. 저것은 얼마나 슬픈가? 다른 단 하나 기독교인이 명랑한 성 죄악에 의해 부정적으로 영향을 받지 않을 것이라는 점을 기도하자, 또는 그들의 지도자가 투입하는 어떤 다른 죄악.
명랑한 성 죄악을 위한 Ted 수척한 사과
압박은 재미를 동성애와 동성 연애자의 결혼에 그의 공중 반대에 비추어 주임 목사 Ted의 명랑한 성 입하를, 특히 망치로 치는 보고 있다. 그러나, 대부분의 미디아 대리점은 명랑한 성으로 그의 분류되 동안 그 교회에 편리하게 사과의 수척한 편지의 심혼을 뺐다. 그러므로, 우리는 그것을 여기에서 보여주는 것이 좋을 것이라는 점을 생각했다:
나의 새로운 생활 교회 가족에:나는 아주 유감스럽다. 나는 실의, 배신 및 상처를 위해 유감스럽다. 나는 당신을 위해 무서운 보기 1을 위해 유감스럽다 놓았다.나는 당신 및 I 및 가족이 지난 몇 일 내내 경험한 고통을 위한 나의 심혼에 있는 슬픔을 모든 소모하는 압도가 있다. 나는 너희 모두 수치와 당황을 일으키는 원인이 된 상황을 위해 아주 유감스럽다.나는 이 주가 당신에게 오늘 아침 읽힌ㄴ다는 것을 그래서 나가 명백하게 할 수 있었다는 것을 질문했다당신에게 나의 심장 상태. 마지막 4 일은 이었다 그래서, 가족 및 너희 모두, 및 나 저를 위해 곤란한 나가 나의 가정에서 오거나 가 저를 붙잡을 취재원과 가진 면접시험 동안에 말한 어떤과의 것 상황을 더 혼동했다. 그러나 나 나의 모순된 진실에 기인하는 혼란에 책임있는 혼자서 AM. 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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