Emphasis Preaching Journal
When a well-known television...
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When a well-known television evangelist was caught with a prostitute for the second time, I thought how sad it is when clergy find ourselves, like Cephas, asking people for faith and obedience which we cannot live out in our own lives. And I realized that though my failures may not be as blatant as his were, I still live every day with the knowledge that my own safe and secure existence often seems far from the risks I ask my people to take. I talk about stepping out on faith, then in my own life I give priority to security.