Dealing with Apostasy

I don't usually use this blog to address news items. But as the recently publicized apostasy of a former leader in Christian circles could cause destructive confusion among those who respected and learned from him in the past, it helps to once again "Be still and know that [God is] God." (Psalm 46:10)

An excellent blog post today from author, teacher, and pastor Eric Ludy helps get the focus back on our faithful God. Don't form your opinion without reading the post in full at this link, but here are a couple excerpts to get started:

"This is one of my very first posts on my new blog about fatherhood. At first, this may seem like a strange way to start things out. But it just might be the perfect way. Because this is an issue of passing a baton from father to son. I have a fourteen-year-old son who is hearing about Joshua Harris and wondering why someone who once stood strongly on matters of godly marriage and purity could suddenly go in such an opposite direction. 

"The integrity of the Church is currently hanging in the balance. Joshua Harris’s public rejection of purity is not merely a threat to healthy male/female relationships. In reality, this issue is a direct attack against the very cornerstone of godly masculinity and godly femininity. It’s a direct attack on the character, nature, and constancy of our God. It is an attack on the sacred roll call of such heavenly superstars as purity, holiness, love, faithfulness, long-suffering, humility, and grace. And don’t forget, the entire idea of marriage itself is wrapped up in this debacle. 

"You can mockingly call it a “Purity Culture” if you like. But I stand by the fact that when God takes hold of a man or woman, He builds them into vessels that are pure, honorable, and noble channels through which His truth, love, kindness, and grace can flow freely and unhindered. Call me a kook if you want, but I still stand with God’s pattern for building lifelong love stories. When we arrive in Heaven someday soon, we will all discover that Heaven is a culture of purity. So we might as well get used to it, don’t you think?"

-Eric Ludy, Ellerslie Mission Societyhttps://ericludy.com/eric-ludy-responds-to-joshua-harris-part-1/