Here are some choice words of wisdom in a Christianity Today editorial.
Yet some ministries seem shocked and appalled when the lights go out. They fumble for solutions and expend energy cursing the darkness of the surrounding culture.
They see Christian marriages disintegrate and say something helpful like, “Divorce is not God’s will!” They learn that a young Bible study leader struggles with homosexual urges long after his conversion and say, “That’s the behavior of someone who has yet to truly give his life to Christ.” They hear that the leader of an overseas ministry has been accused of embezzlement and say, “Ministries need to be better stewards.”
In other words, they assume that once we’re in the church, the lights shouldn’t go out anymore. They fear if we accept the reality of sin in the church, and try to graciously minister to sinners, we may only condone and encourage sin—for example, if we start a divorce ministry, we’ll end up encouraging divorce. The problem is, we spend so much time worrying about cheapening grace, we end up hoarding it.
Read the whole piece.
Bob
Fides Quaerens Intellectum
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Bob Pratico
Fides Quaerens Intellectum
(my Sojourn blog)
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