We read BG’s response to our black collar crime series article. .He is lucky that we are not litigious in nature and do not strike back at those who not only distort what we have said but libel and slander us.
But he says things the way he does because he is a first-class narcissist who needs to be seen as the victim 100% of the time. If he wasn’t that way his posts would be written vastly different than they are being written.
He just doesn’t get it. No one needs his black collar crime series. Everyone that needs to know already knows about what some pastors do. There is no need to pile on and add misery to those who are already miserable.
Of course, if you read that series, you will find that BG does not present one legitimate solution to the problem. Instead, he spends his time attacking us as we are providing the framework for a solution to ministers going and gone bad.
We would prefer that those men not join the ministry until they allow Jesus to heal them of their problems. But since they do not postpone their answer to their calling, we must deal with the problem within the church.
The secular world does not have a solution for the problems these men face and instead of embarrassing and humiliating pastors, they should just remain silent trusting that church officials will be led by God to handle the problems correctly.
Nothing good comes by piling on a person and exacerbating his problem. Jesus is about redemption and these men are included in that act. Their sins do not disqualify them from being redeemed by Jesus and restored to the faith.
Just because they are tried, convicted, and sentenced does it mean they are not allowed to be shown love, mercy, and compassion. We have to remember that at any time one of those men may be us and if we want fair and just treatment as well as mercy, and compassion, then we need to give to those who do NOT deserve it. (as well as to those who do).
Our post was not in defense of these men but to encourage Christians and the church to withhold Christian behavior toward them. This is the time that they need to know that Christ has not abandoned them.
They have sinned and come short of the glory of God, just like the rest of us. Christ is there for them as he is for all of us. We are no better even if we did not commit such worldly sins as the bible tells
For whoever keeps the whole Law, yet stumbles in one point, has become guilty of all. (James 2:10)
Those men are no worse than any one of us and deserve a second chance. Where would any of us be if we were not given 2nd, 3rd, or 14 chances by God?
As you may have noticed we are not saying much about BG and his black collar crime series as that rant is not worth discussing. The author of those words doesn’t speak the truth and offers no legitimate reason for it to exist.
We have said the worst we are going to say about the owner of that website and series. As all he can do is distort, libel, and slander. It is not worth getting into a war of words over.
But since it does exist, that series does provide us with a starting point to provide direction for those Christians who may have condemned and judged those men or do not know what ministry they should do.
We should not judge nor condemn those men because that is not our duty. We are not better than them and we do need to find a way to solve their problems BEFORE they get themselves into trouble.
Only Jesus has the answer for these men and he uses Believers to bring those answers, not unbelievers. Another sad thing about those men who fail. They do make it harder for true Christian men, especially if they are single, to get a good pastoral position in a local church.
Many churches may pass on God’s chosen man for them because of the actions of these few men. We should not allow that to happen. It is a good thing that the disciples did not pass on selecting men to fill Judas’ spot. Many people may not have heard the gospel, been healed, or found salvation if the disciples let Judas’ action influence their decisions.
They did identify who should replace Judas and that is what the church should do as well. With God’s leading, identify the type of many who should replace those men who failed and let God choose the right replacement.
We have not changed one word of what we said in the article on the black collar series. That series is a useless effort that does not help anyone.
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