There is no doubt that Jesus is sifting his church. I have seen it here in our local church community.

I can count about a half dozen pastors who have divorced over the years. One was forced to step down for having an affair with the worship leaders daughter (adult).

While the sifting may be embarrassing to many in JC's church, it would seem to me to be just another step in getting the bride ready.

It is sad to see, but it is a vivid reminder that we all need to continue to lift our church leaders up in prayer.

These events within SGM/and especially with CJ have been occurring for many years! There are numbers of us who have been substantially harmed by SGM and CJ. When someone steps forward like Joshua is beginning to do, to defend the truth, it somewhat helps with the healing. For many of us, we can see Gods Spirit in this. We pray that God is at work in setting things right. Many of us have prayed for justice! We pray Joshua has continued strength and courage to continue walking in the light.

This is ridiculous. I feel like I am stuck in a comedy about the mafia. CJ resigned because of the thing, you know, and the other thing. Joshua Harris resigned or was removed because of the you know what and the other thing. Plus he supported you know who.

Why report news if you are going to be so completely vague. Ted Haggard took meth and had sex with a male prostitute. Catholic priest X abused 12 year old boys. But whatever power-struggle has happened here been carefully swaddled with an evangelical cloak. Is this a cult? How about turning on the light for those outside SGM?

I am not going to bother repeating what seems to me to be the most serious accusations agents C. J. Mahaney (if you are on line there easy to find). Perhaps Christianity Today could explain why they are studiously avoiding mentioning them? Right now they seem more like a PR firm engaged by Sovereign Grace then an independent media outfit. It also appears that comments on related articles are being aggressively moderated to prevent these charges from becoming known to CT readers. Is this in fact the case?

Yeah, did Joshua Harris do the thing to you know who? Was he fired because of the other thing? Or was it simply a case of you know what? He stood for the truth whatever that was in the midst of a denomination that was bedeviled by you know what. I'm glad everybody is so humble. This is a lesson to us all never to, you know.

Wrong trees bear wrong fruits.
Wrong doctrines yield wrong perspectives.

What ever you say about these happenings, I believe that our response should be one of sober inspection of our own lives. Wounded or not, authoritarian or not, we all need to be restored by the Grace of Jesus to a great degree. It is easy to find fault with someone else, and you don't have to look far. But it seems that this is exactly the reason that Jesus died for us. We all need Him. I believe that the body in times like these should spend it's time and energy asking for repentance, healing, and restoration....not committing the NFL equivalent of "unnecessarry roughness" or "piling on". How many simply want to vent their own frustrations, grandstanding, turning themselves in to a clanging cymbal. Where is the Love of Jesus?