If you had a major moral failure, the beauty of the gospel is that you can repent and keep following Jesus. No need to become egalitarian and antinomian to make yourself feel better.
@drewdyck I think listening to the Bible is a fine thing to do so long as it isn’t a replacement for reading. Im not sure the interpretive process can be accomplished audibly alone. The eyes are a vital tool for the brain.
@ErikReed@randall_wins@griffingulledge Nor do you Erik. Everyone is making strong statements about this based upon a very short clip that honestly makes it hard to see what really happened. I think everyone needs to chill out and wait and see what the investigation shows.
@stephenaltrogge@thee_ppd@tyler_austin55@MBTS I agree Stephen. I think about Priscilla and Aquila instructing Apollos in the gospel because he had not understood it properly. A clear biblical example of a man learning from a woman while not violating God’s will elders to be men.
Time has a way of chipping away at our bravado and sharpening our clarity. It exposes what was mixed up, what was hurried, and what was sincere but immature. It also reveals God’s grace, often in places where I could not see it at the time.
- Scott Sauls
He absolutely runs to the prodigal. He also gets angry with us when we displease Him. He never condemns, and always restores, but as our Father, He does become angry. And sometimes, we have to sit in that for awhile. Micah 7:7-9. Important to know to make sense of our exp when we sin.
@dwight_easler Assuming both pastors did their due diligence to confirm faith as far as they’re able, neither should feel bad. Honestly, if I was the second pastor, I would be more hesitant to rebaptize than I would to baptize as the first pastor.