Surly's Soap Box

Mohamed, Buddha, Krishna, and a slew of other false gods, along with Satan, decided that they where going to attack the Bride of Christ while she was dancing in a field of lilies. They grabbed their clubs, black jacks, brass knuckles, and torches, then proceeded in angry mob fashion over the hill to the field. When they got to the top of the hill, they dropped the implements of roguery because they didn't need to use them: The Christians where already there, pummeling her.

Yup, the Bride O' Christ took another gut punch, at the hands of the one of the faithful. It's bad enough that we've got people like Fred Phelps and The Politician Jesse Jackson who are constantly running up behind her and slapping her across the back of the head, but when people who get themselves out there in the limelight pull stunts like getting back rubs and buying meth from a homosexual masseuse, come one! Buddy, the more the light shines on ya, the darker the shadow!

Look, people are people. We are a fallen people and none are above sin. Thank God for His awesome grace and mercy! In the church of 12,000 that Ted Haggard was pastoring, there where undoubtedly practicing homosexuals, unmarrieds living together, thieves, prideful individuals, lawyers...It's the fallen nature of man. That doesn't make it alright. But when you put yourself in a public position, you better make sure that you are walking the walk. The press isn't going to care about Joe Shmoe, but they do care about Teddy Haggard. When Joe stumbles, it creates a minor ripple, affecting those around him. Still bad news. When Ted stumbles, well, it's like a gut punch to the Bride. Not because he was somebody special, but becuase it gives the Enemy another chance to drag the name of Christ through the mud.