When's the last time you've seen an influential Evangelical and Reformed figure publicly retract something they wrote and apologize for being off the mark?
In my experience, I've usually only seen people dig in their heels even deeper when they get challenged. Or, I've seen people simply ignore the challenges until the dust settles and then they privately retract or edit.
It's one thing to hold strongly to your convictions and not be tossed to and fro by opinions. It's another thing to be pridefully unteachable and stubborn to gargantuan proportions. Taking the L seems to be nearly impossible for these people in influential positions.
It should be the opposite, however. Christians should learn from their leaders what it looks like to publicly repent and retract. Christian leaders should pave the way for what a Christ-formed life looks like that is willing to take the L and own it and recognize their influence.
Instead, many Christians are being formed to think that being a spiritual leader looks like always being right and never having to take back your words and apologizing. Spiritual success is being modeled by a form of spiritual narcissism. Being right is next to godliness.
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