Hypocryte problems are common in most of our local churches, here.
Seems people who took too much, feel a need to "give back" later in life. Most times they don't know how to do it.
A local preacher caused his church to lose the lease on the land where the church stood by molesting the landlord's two daughters. He was still preaching there for several months until the law hauled him off.
Joe, I will have to respectfully disagree - under the condition that the minister / leader / teacher / counselor is completely up front and open about his / her past. I agree that hidden sin will ultimately destroy any career, but it is possible to learn from one's mistakes - especially when you learn the hard way. The pastor of one of Nashville's largest pentecostal churches served a couple of decades for murder. While in prison as a young man, he became a convert and determined not to let others make the mistakes he made. While he never reveals the details, he mentions his troubled past and prison time on a regular basis and demonstrates how far God has brought him. Now, for those who don't confess and repent, that's another story...
Unfortunately, most of us are human. That means we each carry our share of things to be screwed up about with us. More to the point, if we are always waiting for "he who is without sin" to cast the first stone, very little (if any) good would EVER be done.
Don't misunderstand me, the kind of thing you mentioned SHOULD NEVER occur in a family, be it minister's or trash-picker's.
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
windshieldbug wrote:Unfortunately, most of us are human.
You mean, some of us aren't? Well, maybe I know someone who doesn't seem human (needs to see therapist, always explodes when someone calls their instrument a tenor tuba(can't be me) had a fit this morning...) Yeah...she seems like an emo...
I think I might end up as a grumpy old man when I get old...
He was still preaching there for several months until the law hauled him off. 
had a fit this morning...) Yeah...she seems like an emo...
