This one hurt.
When news like this breaks, it should infuriate us. It should break our hearts.
Not for the comfort of a platform but for the people who were victimized.
The ones who trusted, who were harmed, who carried wounds in silence while others carried on unbothered.
They deserve our grief and our anger far more than any ministry’s image does.
Here’s what I won’t do, though, I won’t let the sins of one man become a verdict on every man who’s ever stood in a pulpit.
For every leader who has fallen and hurt people, there are countless pastors, missionaries, and ministry leaders who have never once thought about harming anyone.
Men and women who’ve served faithfully, quietly, and sacrificially for decades with nothing to hide. That matters too. Painting with too broad a brush isn’t discernment, it’s just another kind of injustice.
Nobody wins in this fallen world when stories like this surface. Not the church. Not the victims who now have to relive it publicly. Not the faithful who get lumped in with the guilty. Not the watching world, who already has enough reasons to doubt us.
So let’s do this right: name the sin without hesitation.
Grieve with the victims without excuse-making.
And keep believing, and being, the kind of leader who never gives anyone a reason to wonder.
Keep preaching the Word while our eyes are on Jesus.
@PeetePigskin From what I’ve seen the last 3 years, I wouldn’t take Clemson and 30. I’m a Clemson guy but a qb that has proven nothing and 9 nfl guys gone, how could anyone have high hopes for this team. Anything over 7 wins would be hitting the lottery. JMO