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R.C.,
Your podcast today addressing the issue of “Pastoral Failure” was balanced and very well done. I’m writing to share with a bit of my personal story.
I was the senior pastor of well known church in Kansas City. In addition, I had a teaching ministry that gave me an international within our network of churches. I was well respected within the sphere of ministry that I operated in. About 14 years ago, I became involved in an immoral relationship with a woman in my church. It eventually came to light and I had to resign the church I had pastored for over 20 years.
As painful as that was, it was out of that experience that I found a greater level of God’s grace and redemption. There were brothers who stood with me, challenged me, loved me, corrected me, and helped restore me to the ministry I have today.
It has been out of that failure and the deep repentance that the Father worked in me, that God “re-positioned” me into my present ministry that is primarily to those in prison. And it is out of sharing that failure with them that I became a voice that was able to speak into their lives. For the past 10 years I have been going behind prison walls several times a week teaching the Bible. I see my life as evidence of the truth of Romans 8:28.
The “great theologian” Nick Saban said “Never waste a failure.” God has not “wasted” mine.
I just saw you are back! I LOVE YOU , i’m sorry I didn’t know you were public again! Woohoo! . I’m just a fan of truth and grace. I miss your Dad so much. And I relate with you in many ways. . I too am a Father of a daughter with life threatening illness. So many times we almost lost her, and prayed God spare her. The Lord saw fit to spare here and she is a surviving adult now, and I live now in fear for what happens to her when I am dead and gone. I wept for you, and still do at your loss. May God shine His face upon you continually, blessing you as he glorifies himself through your life and testimony. Does not a Sovereign God do so, whether or not we like it? I look forward to seeing your face around again. Praise Jesus. I’m kind of a anti social media guy. But I will be looking for you RC Jr. // Jeff In Simi Valley