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Originally Posted by ttpaba
I wonder if TB were allowed to come in and talk to the congregation and openly discuss his repentance or the lack there of if it would help? I might would rather have TB repented and restored and then back in the pulpit when he's ready instead of trust a stranger that I know nothing about that is going to be totally different on his stand on things like holiness standards and business. His attitude will take getting used to, his demeanor, his outlook on everything from children's ministry to the moving of the Spirit during church. Will he be witty and light hearted or stiff and militant? Will the new pastor be young or old, will his heartbeat be saving souls of a city that's one of the top crime riddled cities in the country or will he be swayed by a select group that were instrumental in taking TB down and will he always cow down to them knowing he's watched like a hawk and any thing on his pc is up for
scrutiny? Will his sin be even more damaging down the road will he be found to be a child molester, will he have his weakness right under the roof of our own church? We have no way of knowing but I know TB loved us and cared for us and preached and taught the straight Word of God. I never detected compromise in his sermons or lessons. I never got a haughty or arrogance from him only a spirit of a leader that truly cared about the church, the people and the city he pastored in. I wonder, I wonder and I wonder some more.
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Believe me, most of details you don't ever want to know. Second, the men in the church providing leadership and the District have integrity, as well as Kilgore and Hughes. If there wasn't irrefutable evidence, there would not have been a resignation. Third, if a preacher preaches it "straight" but lives a very duplicitous life that reflects nothing of what he preaches---he doesn't preach it straight. "Straight" preaching includes practicing what you preach. Fourth, worrying about a future pastor on holiness standards should be the least of your concerns. Obsessing about holiness standards before didn't prevent tragedy from happening. Do you think strict holiness standards is going to give you a desirable pastor? You better hope the man's hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness! Fifth, you better thank God that the "select group" instrumental in, as you say, "taking TB down" were men of integrity and character and were honest enough to be used by God to bring the man's gross immorality to light. The man could still be lost in dark sin and headed for hell. Now he's been granted Gods grace to get right. And "they" didn't bring the man down. He did this to himself. He made the series of horrible choices to live a double life, preaching holiness and spiritual elitism while living like the worst of sinners. I hope you can appreciate the goodness of God in bringing this to light of truth rather than to continue the charade and the deception.