[[Maybe you don’t need to paint with such a broad brush, eh?]]
Exactly- had the same thing happen to a church a couple of towns away- it hurt the church, but the church recovered- found a new pastor- and everyone involved in the incident got their comeuppance- and there hasn’t been another incident in over 25 years now-
Some people i guess just like to think every church is evil- But God did say to expect that kind of attitude- When a pastor unfortunately gives into sinful desire because they are human just like anyone else- then people are quick to condemn the whole religious institution-
They certainly are! Hence my post.
And, they don’t have the first clue about what ‘repentance’ really means. First, it’s the realization that you transgressed God’s law/rules. Second, it’s a realization that there is nothing you can do to ‘make it right’. Thankfully, we have a Savior that ‘made it right’ at Calvary 2000 years ago.
We, as humans, fail. All the time. But the battle at hand is to mortify the flesh.