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A very interesting article written from a Protestant perspective. I know back on my Protestant days it was always said that sin is sin. Same across the board. I have to say, I agree with what is said within the article. There is a severity to certain sins. As Catholic believe, mortal and venial. I’d be very interested to hear what others think of this article.
Recently, while scrolling through Facebook, I came across a lengthy post by a pastor about why he’s forgiven Robert Morris.
Now, Morris is a former televangelist and celebrity preacher. He founded Gateway Church in Dallas and served as senior pastor for nearly 25 years. In 2024, Morris resigned from ministry following public accusations that he’d repeatedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl. Then, just this month, Morris was indicted on five counts of “lewd or indecent acts to a child.”
Upon learning of the charges, the pastor on Facebook posted, “I know that Robert Morris is guilty of horrific crimes. His victim, abused nearly 100 times from the age of 12 to 17, is a friend … My family’s passionate discussion with me revolved around my expressing grace toward Robert Morris. I always give grace to the humbled … I take no pleasure in the death of Robert’s evangelical ministry … [We] Christians should stay humble, gracious, and kind when proud people come crashing down, lest we be the next to fall — for ‘Pride comes before the fall’ (Proverbs 16:18).”
I was aghast that a minister of God’s Word would respond this way to such a horrific case of child abuse. I replied, “I don’t understand how anyone can think that someone who has committed around 100 instances of child abuse and sexual assault can be anything other than a wolf. His ministry didn’t die. It was dead to begin with.”
That’s when a Christian counselor chimed in.
Continued below.
www.christianpost.com
Is child sexual abuse just as bad as other sins?
Recently, while scrolling through Facebook, I came across a lengthy post by a pastor about why he’s forgiven Robert Morris.
Now, Morris is a former televangelist and celebrity preacher. He founded Gateway Church in Dallas and served as senior pastor for nearly 25 years. In 2024, Morris resigned from ministry following public accusations that he’d repeatedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl. Then, just this month, Morris was indicted on five counts of “lewd or indecent acts to a child.”
Upon learning of the charges, the pastor on Facebook posted, “I know that Robert Morris is guilty of horrific crimes. His victim, abused nearly 100 times from the age of 12 to 17, is a friend … My family’s passionate discussion with me revolved around my expressing grace toward Robert Morris. I always give grace to the humbled … I take no pleasure in the death of Robert’s evangelical ministry … [We] Christians should stay humble, gracious, and kind when proud people come crashing down, lest we be the next to fall — for ‘Pride comes before the fall’ (Proverbs 16:18).”
I was aghast that a minister of God’s Word would respond this way to such a horrific case of child abuse. I replied, “I don’t understand how anyone can think that someone who has committed around 100 instances of child abuse and sexual assault can be anything other than a wolf. His ministry didn’t die. It was dead to begin with.”
That’s when a Christian counselor chimed in.
Continued below.
Is child sexual abuse just as bad as other sins?
Even unbelievers and complete pagans instinctively know that sin exists on a spectrum of severity
www.christianpost.com
