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1/ yes...but, too soon for this situation.
acknowledgment of sin and repentance is a pre-condition for restorative and consoling church care.
let& #39;s check-in and see where Jerry& #39;s heart is based on his comments over the last 24 hours or so since resignation:
@save71LU
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acknowledgment of sin and repentance is a pre-condition for restorative and consoling church care.
let& #39;s check-in and see where Jerry& #39;s heart is based on his comments over the last 24 hours or so since resignation:
@save71LU
2/
"If they want to let me go over a picture showing my belly on the internet, thatâs not a school I want to be part of.â
"If they want to let me go over a picture showing my belly on the internet, thatâs not a school I want to be part of.â
3/
"âThe board put me on leave, took away my duties as prez, and thatâs not permitted by my contract,â Mr. Falwell said Monday night. âAnd they put me on leave because of pressure from self-righteous people.â
He said he was still due his full compensation."
"âThe board put me on leave, took away my duties as prez, and thatâs not permitted by my contract,â Mr. Falwell said Monday night. âAnd they put me on leave because of pressure from self-righteous people.â
He said he was still due his full compensation."
4/
âItâs a relief,â he said. âThe quote that keeps going through my mind this morning is Martin Luther King Jr: âfree at last, free at last, thank God almighty Iâm free at last.â
âItâs a relief,â he said. âThe quote that keeps going through my mind this morning is Martin Luther King Jr: âfree at last, free at last, thank God almighty Iâm free at last.â
5/
So yes, you& #39;re not wrong.
We shouldn& #39;t be hateful, but...
They are both clearly acting in a multi-year pattern of spiritual rebellion that demonstrates no evidence of salvific conversion.
So yes, you& #39;re not wrong.
We shouldn& #39;t be hateful, but...
They are both clearly acting in a multi-year pattern of spiritual rebellion that demonstrates no evidence of salvific conversion.
6/
Let us pray first for a swift and unrelenting weight of spiritual conviction that utterly crushes him to a point of helplessness.
Only then, with the conviction of his need for a savior, can healing work begin.
Let us pray first for a swift and unrelenting weight of spiritual conviction that utterly crushes him to a point of helplessness.
Only then, with the conviction of his need for a savior, can healing work begin.
7/
For the Church to prematurely move on would be nothing short of a miscarriage of spiritual justice and accountability, permissive of the worst of man& #39;s depravity.
For the Church to prematurely move on would be nothing short of a miscarriage of spiritual justice and accountability, permissive of the worst of man& #39;s depravity.
8/
I pray that the Church accountable for he and Becki& #39;s spiritual wellbeing before God, @TRBC and @jonathanfalwell + staff, will finally submit them to the steps of biblical church discipline out of concern for their soul.
I pray that the Church accountable for he and Becki& #39;s spiritual wellbeing before God, @TRBC and @jonathanfalwell + staff, will finally submit them to the steps of biblical church discipline out of concern for their soul.
9/
The kind of person that they both need now is the kind of person they apparently don& #39;t want to be around, Christians who lovingly, but biblically hold them accountable for their unrepentant sin and call them to repentance.
The kind of person that they both need now is the kind of person they apparently don& #39;t want to be around, Christians who lovingly, but biblically hold them accountable for their unrepentant sin and call them to repentance.
10/
If they have no interest in submission, Matthew 18:15-17 clearly directs our next steps...
If they have no interest in submission, Matthew 18:15-17 clearly directs our next steps...
