Clearly you’ve never met Pastor Paul or sat in one of his services! His kindness, understanding, wisdom, tireless effort, and wonderful humor were the key reasons that the ALCF church grew from nothing to 6,000 members under his stewardship.
In fact if anything I view this entire affair, however shocking and unexpected, as a clear reminder from God that NONE of us - not even a great pastor like Pastor Paul, who is easily the best man that I’ve ever encountered in 48 years of life - may live on earth without sin.
ALL of us have sinned, ALL of us will sin, ALL of our sins are equally egregious in the eyes of the Lord, and we must all pray for forgiveness and learn to forgive others when our sins happen.
what... you’ve committed adultery too? Sounds like your laying the groundwork for exposing your own moral delinquency in the hopes that it will pad your landing on impact. I have no idea who this “wonderful, tender, wise, empathetic” man is, all I know is that nothing you have said shows any since of proportion for what this man has done to his wife and family... I’m sick and tired of the “important” figures of our society living big till they get caught, then they send their sycophants out to plead forgiveness on their behalf. Like I said, I could care less if he got run over by a truck, that would likely be less painful for those around him than the pain he’s inflicted. I’ll bet his mistress felt the same as you.