Ted and Gayle Haggard @ Elevation Church

Steven Furtick is a Pastor I respect. I dig his sermons and love his blog. He’s copped plenty of flack in the last couple of weeks for having Ted and Gayle Haggard in church this past weekend. Why? Ted Haggard was the Pastor of a large and influential church in America, until he 2.5 years ago there was a massive scandal after he was found to be visiting a male prostitute. Big fall. Big consequences.

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Furtick had the Haggards in church as part of their ‘Healer’ series. I listened/watched the interview earlier today. Furtick has a number of reflections on his blog. Here’s two:

  1. Sin is devastating.
  2. Forgiveness is powerful.

Ted stuffed up big time. He doesn’t deserve the forgiveness of his wife. She’s a legend for her ability to forgive! It comes across clearly that the basis for her forgiving her husband is the forgiveness she’s received from God demonstrated at the cross of Jesus. The forgiveness that God offers to sinful people is likewise undeserved. Jesus died for us when we were ungodly, powerless, sinners and enemies of God.

Break it Down #8

The last month has been a crazy magical adventure! It started at the airport with Danny Mitchell getting felt up by a massive security guard. We then went to a killer conference in crocodile country Cardwell. The following week was super-encouraging on Moore College mission in Sydney South-West. Celebrated Jesusdeath for sins and resurrection to new life. Some time off. Some time on. Some design work. Some college work. KYCK last weekend. TMF09 camp with St Matt’s Youth West Penno this past week. In all that time On the Voddy has continued to rise and rise and fall and rise!

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Back to school tomorrow. Next on the radar is a Greek exam in a couple of weeks. Yesterday I even chose Greek study over going skiing!! How stupid, but necessary! Back to regular dmdc coverage from tomoz. Stay tuned for the latest design gear I’ve been working on and other exciting adventures. Thanks for reading. Just hit 120 peeps subscribing in RSS. Not doing it yet? Do it now!

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