I have not formed any personal attachment to this man, but I am not going to quicly attack him just because he makes a mistake and then owns up to it. Yes, he regrets "some of his remarks." We do not know what other remarks he gave, just the ones this article talks about. Are you going to judge the remarks that we don't know he gave? Would you rather he denied giving vile advice instead of own up to it? He did not see the official churches as fake when he was there. You are judging him for something that he said he regrets doing. Where is the forgiveness?
Oh please. It's like trying to defend Walter Duranty's reporting on the Soviet Union as a worker's paradise.
You are judging him for something that he said he regrets doing.
No, I am pointing out that weaseling out of his responsibility by saying "It's not my role" is neither an apology nor is it good example.
Self-proclaimed evangelists have an even greater responsibility to tell the truth "in season and out of season."
He has first given vile advice and then he has followed it up by saying: "At first I supported apostasy. But now I have no comment. Not my role."
Absolutely pathetic.
A real Christian would tell real Christians in China to continue to witness to Jesus without fear or favor, and he would call upon the Chinese government to stop persecuting the churches.
And his response is: "It's not my role."
Some evangelist.