Gottesblog

The topic of grace for the disgraced pastor is making its rounds. Again. The Christian Post has written an article about two pastors who were forced to resign their calls due public sin. You can read the article HERE, wherein Tullian Tchividjian and Chad Bird discuss how there is grace for disgraced pastors, something which no one denies. This comes on the heels of the scandalous actions and inactions of the Roman church in Pennsylvania. Now we don’t know if Tchividjian and Bird are deliberately being obtuse or if they really don’t understand the impact of what they did. The Editors at Gottesdienst have been clear about the issues: There are public consequences for public sin, and some sins because of the gravity of it’s offense bear with it a greater consequence. Nevertheless, there is forgiveness of sin for those who repent. Despite these facts, the accusations of being "anti-Christian” for holding to these consequences are still hurled against us.