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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Restore: Repair
Gal 6:1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
I don't think so....not in the UPC sorry to say. I have seen it on a local level...anyone that is a homosexual is suspect even after coming to the Lord....
A public statement to who? The org you were ostracized from? I don't see the point, maybe he does not either. Maybe he made such a statement to someone else...any org that took him in. What I am saying is all I see is rumors and talk. I have no idea of anything in this man's life. All I know is when he was arrested that event spread like wildfire throughout the UPC....what happened immediately after that? Was he just defrocked and shunned? Did the elders take him in and seek to restore him? Or was he just instantly an outcast? What constitutes a public admission or apology? Does he appear on TV? No that won't work. Does he send a letter to every UPC pastor? Does he tell the gen sup? Does he contact News Week? He needs to repent, if he has not...Does he need to contact every person in the UPC? And does it really really matter to the UPC? At this stage of being persona non grata, would it matter to LW? Can he repent and not admit to everyone his sins and then say he repented? |
Prax, I don't know what to say to tall that, but I can say there is too much smoke for there not to be fire. I wish I could say more, but that would require naming names I have been asked never to name in regard to this subject. If this dissapoints you in my response, all I can do is apologize and let whatever judgement you heap upon my shoulders hang there.
There has been plenty I have been told over the years about a great many subjects. I won't betray the trust those had in me, though it would make me look good in a lot of cases. I am sorry if you see me as judgemental.
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