Prominent Memphis Area Pastor Resigns

[Charnock]

Originally Posted by Enigmatically Ambiguous

A friend asked a well connected minister in the UPC recently, "Brother ___________, are we right? I have a lot of friends leaving the organization. I just want to know, are we right?" The preacher said, "Yes, we are right. And I'm telling you, time will prove we are right. You watch these men leaving us. I've seen it before. There will be adultery, and divorce. There will be kids having babies before marriage and drug addiction. You just watch. In time these folks who left us will prove that we're right."

I wonder what both of these men thought about this conversation when they heard this news.

"Standards protect holiness" doctrine is a false doctrine. Holiness is holiness. It doesn't need protecting. Our God is holy. If you've got Jesus, you've got holiness. If you've got holiness, you have Jesus.

The irony is rich.

Here's how the Standards Keepers state their case:

1. Those who leave standards will eventually leave sound doctrine.
2. Hence, those who leave standards will become drunken adulterers.

I imagine the men you mentioned felt a mixture of loss and pity.