SECRET SIN -Part 2
IT JUST TAKES ONE TO BRING US DOW
No one is immune
Many people have been deeply impressed with d writings of a man called Gordon MacDonald.
Billy Graham said of one of his books: "It struck me right between the eyes with conviction & I wish that I had read it
IT JUST TAKES ONE TO BRING US DOW
No one is immune
Many people have been deeply impressed with d writings of a man called Gordon MacDonald.
Billy Graham said of one of his books: "It struck me right between the eyes with conviction & I wish that I had read it
many years ago."
Another prominent Christian leader described him as "one of d most Godly men I have ever met."
He was d pastor of d largest church in New England & taught at seminaries.He became d president of d Intervarsity evangelistic organization, one of d biggest in America
Another prominent Christian leader described him as "one of d most Godly men I have ever met."
He was d pastor of d largest church in New England & taught at seminaries.He became d president of d Intervarsity evangelistic organization, one of d biggest in America
Then it came out. A sin from a few years back was exposed, and MacDonald was forced to resign.
The sin was adultery. Celeste, his wife was so shocked she has never trusted him since, and it's been over 20 years.
He was forced to step down as president of Intervarsity.
The sin was adultery. Celeste, his wife was so shocked she has never trusted him since, and it's been over 20 years.
He was forced to step down as president of Intervarsity.
It made most pastors & Christians alike aware of their own spiritual frailty. If this man, with all his much vaunted spiritual discipline, could fall so hard, then no-one was immune from danger, ever. More recently, MacDonald appeared on TV, & Do you know how the commentator
introduced him? "Gordon MacDonald, a leading pastor who was exposed after committing adultery. He ALMOST FROZE TO DEATH IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
After his fall from grace, Gordon MacDonald recalled an encounter with a friend that had taken place sometime before:
After his fall from grace, Gordon MacDonald recalled an encounter with a friend that had taken place sometime before:
He said "My friend asked a strange question: "If Satan were to blow you out of the water," he asked, "how do you think he wld do it?" "I'm not sure I know, I answered. "All sorts of ways, I suppose; but I know there's one way he wouldn't get me"
"What's that?" asked his friend
"What's that?" asked his friend
"He'd never get me in the area of my personal relationships or infidelity, he bragged.
That's one place where I have no doubt that I'm as strong as you can get, i said." A few years after that conversation my world broke wide open he said.
That's one place where I have no doubt that I'm as strong as you can get, i said." A few years after that conversation my world broke wide open he said.
A chain of seemingly innocent choices became destructive & it was my fault.Choice by choice by choice, each easier to make, each becoming gradually darker& then my world broke in d very area I had predicted I was safe& my world came down.
Let him dat thinks he stands, take heed.
Let him dat thinks he stands, take heed.
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