After reading both letters by Ten Haggard and John Piper, what stood out to me is that both men, maybe for the first time in a long-while, were being genuinely honest with their congregations. What breaks my heart most for any church leader who has experienced a great moral failure, is the long journey of living in darkness before they were exposed. I do not believe that most moral failures that disqualify a spiritual leader (permanently or temporarily) happens in one, rash moment of weakness, but by many, seemingly small choices that can lead to a spiritual death.
My heart especially breaks for church leaders who have large platforms. Even though their sin and it’s consequences may be the same for someone else, the affects of their choices
My heart especially breaks for church leaders who have large platforms. Even though their sin and it’s consequences may be the same for someone else, the affects of their choices