why would anyone attend ted’s church? b/c i think he’s more qualified now to lead than he has ever been. he is a sinner. guess what tyler? so are you. what makes you more eligible to lead than ted haggard? the church is made up of sinners and the bible does not say that you have to be clean in order lead. remember, paul murdered people, david committed sexual sin and had the woman’s husband killed, hosea married a prostitute, noah’s sons shamed him (who btw, populated the planet), and peter blatantly denied his christ. yet every single one of these served a purpose in the earth and led others to greater things. ted is opening up his home to those out-casted by the church and is wanting to birth a place where the word “church” becomes real again. who are you to judge him? and how do you really know that this isn’t what God has called of him? truthfully, i wish him the best and i believe as long as he stays honest, he will reach people on a deeper level than so many other pastors. remember, his daughter christy said, when this whole thing began- that for the first time she saw her father as a human and someone she could connect with. amazing. it’s time for the church to stop punishing ted, and start encouraging him.

Ash-

I whole heartedly agree with you on everything you said. For me, there is a difference between punishing Ted and encouraging him to be in a pastorate position. He was out of the limelight for only a short time before he started speaking, and now starting a church. Just looking at all the talk shows he is going on to tell everyone he is starting a church is a little scary to me. I shouldn’t judge him but everything about him has been so public over the last 5 years. I have to wonder if this new church is about Ted or about Jesus.

i think no matter what we think the circumstance is, we don’t really know or understand. in some of the examples of biblical characters i mentioned: david continued to be king after his son died- going on to do great things, and solomon was born to the woman he committed adultery w/, paul’s ministry began soon after his encounter w/ christ, and it wasn’t long after peter’s denial that he too began to preach the word, none of these people hid for years and years. we don’t know the work that is being done in ted and i think his publicity is truly no different than any other star christian or non who has fallen in the lime light. so, let’s see what happens and pray for his success.

I dont really want to comment on the Ted H. thing so I will focus on another area…. those sinkhole pics are crazy amazing!!!! I’ve never seen anything like it! wow!