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Created on Thursday, 09 May 2013 / Ethics

Tags: adultery, epidemic, J. Lee Grady, Orlando, Florida, pulpit, pastors, congregations, hostile public, Christians, hypocrites, moral failure, fire drills, isolation
It happened again. For the third time in six months, the pastor of a large church in my hometown of Orlando, Fla., has resigned from his pulpit because of adultery. I’m sad. I’m sick. I’m sorry for the ... [ +++ ]

Why Megachurch Pastors Keep Falling Into Sexual Immorality

Created on Thursday, 09 May 2013 / Ethics

Tags: David Loveless, Discovery Church, adultery, resign, Orlando, Isaac Hunter, Sam Hinn, sexual immorality, idolatry, Jezel spirit, trend, Catholic Church, Jack Schaap
Another megachurch pastor has stepped down after admitting to a long-term affair with a woman who’s not his wife. David Loveless, former lead pastor of Discovery Church in Orlando, Fla., is the third in ... [ +++ ]

What To Do When a Leader Falls

Created on Monday, 10 December 2012 / Ethics

Tags: Leader, fall, believers, shocked, moral, safeguards, biblical teaching, pastoral care, evangelistic thrust, Stockstill, prophetic word
I was on an airplane between Louisville, Ky., and Dallas, trying to relax between speaking engagements, in the first week of October 2006. As I looked at the Arkansas countryside below, an inward voice ... [ +++ ]

Jack Hayford: Election Outcome Could Be Prophetic Announcement

Created on Thursday, 08 November 2012 / Cutting Edge

Tags: Hayford, Prophetic, Announcement, Election, Politics, Economy, Moral, Spiritual
My feelings, following the results of the 2012 presidential race, are not predicated on the relative merits or either candidate. They are borne with facts that are true of Americans' lives at this time ... [ +++ ]

The Seduction of Success

Created on Sunday, 30 April 2000 / Ethics

Tags: Moral Failure
The lures of selfish ambition, illicit sex and financial greed have caused many leaders to fall from grace. You don't have to be their next victim. The year was 1945, and three energetic young men were ... [ +++ ]