Saturday, November 17, 2012

Two preaching giants and the 'betrayal' that tore them apart

Two preaching giants and the 'betrayal' that tore them apart


Critics accuse Andy of being too accommodating. He won't draw theological lines in the sand. His sermons are too self-help, too Christian-lite.

He is an introvert who struggles at times even to make conversation off-stage with members of his church. But he will still invite listeners who disagree with his sermons to contact him afterward. People who have written him scathing letters are sometimes shocked to hear his voice on the other end of their phone line. He was criticized recently for preaching a sermon that mentioned gay people but no explicit condemnation of homosexuality.
"I'm always trying to look for ways to affirm everything, maybe to a fault," Andy says.


TONY DIGIROLAMO
I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I HEARD THAT CHARLES AND ANNA STANLEY GOT DIVORCED. BUT THEN I REALIZED IT CAME AT A TIME WHEN CHRISTIANS BEGAN TO EMBRACE PSYCHOLOGY.
IT WAS PSYCHOLOGY THAT DESTROYED THE STANLEY MARRIAGE.
And father and son continue the madness in my view.
These two men pastors of great churches able to teach and counsel others and they can't get a father and son relationship right without seeing a shrink.
Something is wrong with this picture!

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