Moral Failings in Ministry
Jun 9th, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Church, Family, General ChristianIt would almost seem obligatory that I would post on the recent confession of moral failure by a reasonably high profile pastor. Gary Lamb confessed to such and resigned his position this last Sunday.
I won’t write about what we should do to avoid becoming such an example. Others have done so and I commend them to you: Marty Duren, Geoff Surratt.
I’m not even going to comment on Gary’s situation, though I join the chorus asking for the body to pray for all involved.
I simply desire to express how vulnerable I feel at the news. I have known for a couple of decades now that anyone is capable of anything. Seeing this happen scares me to death.
It ought to scare us all.
We should not view such things from the position of security and, therefore, pity. We should view such things as from the precipice and realize that we are far from secure.
Should we fail to recognize how vulnerable we are, we may likely find ourselves looking at the situation from a position that is entirely too uncomfortable.
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Art,
I’d like to say thanks for this link but I’m physically sick as I read. My heart grieves for Gary’s family. I know him fairly well since he planted in the same theater we planted. I was amazed at what God was doing there. Sick and praying is all I can say right now.
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