Please tell me what on earth Jimmy Swaggart Ministries is doing printing CD covers for Hip Hop Artists and Posters for an area Lesbian bar in their non-profit ministry printshop? How can they so adamantly preach against what they themselves are doing? How can people continue to support a ministry that operates at this level of hypocrisy? The story of the print shop escapades can be found at deception bytes dot com. There are also several other articles regarding this ministry there as well. The one I am specifically referring to is called, "Jimmy Swaggart's Very Crooked Halo." It is no wonder the name of Christ has been brought into ill repute- this sort of thing makes me embarrased!
am of the mindset that doesn't badmouth pastors, churches, or denominations ... am more of the mindset that if we would all be more worried about what
we're putting out there, it would be a lot more productive ...
every saint has a past and every sinner a future ... we have NO idea what work the Lord is doing in this man ... we can discern from his fruit much ... but just what fruit are we 'inspecting' ... his past ... if there is any kind of fruit from what the man is doing now it hasn't been determined or spoken that I'm aware of ... yes, there has been a past ... and yes the man has brought many to the Lord ... only the Lord knows where this man's heart is at at this moment ... not me or anyone else ...
this may sound a little harsh, but here's where the bottom line is for me ... we will never 'conquer' the 'mistakes' others make ... or the lies or any of it ... where the battle is won is with His Word ... for every moment someone spends trying to 'get the dirty scoop' on others, they could have spent that time putting out the Word ... every time a correct message or a scripture goes out it puts in place another bit of balance for the other message being sent out ... HIS WORD DOESN"T COME BACK VOID ... whereas digging up dirt ... what message does digging dirt up on someone give ... unless we absolutely know the truth, then we are spreading gossip ...
judging a man makes me embarrassed ... no matter what it's called ... it's not like this man's heart isn't known to the Lord ... and it is like this man's heart isn't known to us ...
from what is posted in the op all I see is judgement being made based on one site on the internet ...
it's asked how someone can support that kind of ministry ... another thing we can't know ... the reason why ...
again ... we ALL have a past ...
if the man asked for forgiveness and repented of his past ... then the Lord remembers it no more ... and neither should we ...
the past is the past ... and the future hasn't been yet ...
we should take the plank out of our own eye ... the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus Christ ... that is what we should be about ...
jmho
lilmiss