APR 22, 2014
Pastors are held to a higher standard and must repent of sin in accordance with that standard. | Ed Stetzer
Pastor scandals happen.
Needless to say, I don't say that with any enthusiasm. In fact, it is greatly discouraging to me, but it's true nonetheless.
Furthermore, this is not just a recent phenomenon, though the evangelical world has been filled with reports over the last few months.
It's just disheartening.
Pastors have a responsibility to what has been entrusted to them.
Yet, these scandals have been happening for a long time-- since the beginning of Christianity (and before in Judaism). Pastoral failings stretch so far back in Christian history, we have New Testament instruction about them.
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