To set the record straight, here's an article that sorta of addresses the issue we've brought up numerous times (though this article itself seems to be a bit like a dangling participle).
It only lists two divorces (and three marriages) as of 2006.06.09. So there may be one after that, but I've not found it on the 'net.
This was originally designed to be a post just for information, but what I read in the article tends to disturb me. Don't get me wrong, like we talked about tonight, I'm all for learning from mistakes, but do you get the feeling that's what's going on here?
None of us knows the heart, and I'm certainly not asking for judgement to be passed. Rather, I'm looking for conversation. Do you think the attitude is just or flippant? (Does he even mention either divorce in the book? Does he mention the premarital part of it?) What do you think about him (even after his second divorce) leading a women's conference? Specifically, it is mentioned that his marriage endured "twenty difficult years". That's certainly not how it was portrayed in the book. Did he give up too soon? Is what he said in the book only the action/decision part of it (meaning the actual desire never came as promised)? Should it change our view point of his text at all? Do you think there are things he promised, that we agreed with, that no longer seem/are true?
Again, I'm not looking for book bashing nor am I looking for Steve bashing. What should our approach to this be if it occurs in our lives or the lives of those we love? What's our role as the church with someone going through this or on the verge of going through this?
2 comments:
I am seriously glad I didn't buy his book. I am glad I listened to you guys paraphrase and carry on conversations.
After reading that article, I am so friggin' angry I can't formulate any sort of response without wanting to pass judgement.
Be calm with those types of feelings because right now we all should be reading a book or series of books by authors and about people who used to kill christians, a man who murdered a womans husband, and a man who had more wives and concubines than you can shake a stick at. Don't get so caught up and angry, because the man has shadyness in his life. Just remember that the bible was written by all types of shady characters but it does not void the truth of what was written. Keep things in context lest you begin to think that you are better than anyone else, because your sin seems lighter. I will also restate that i think no matter how you slice it the book did well with generating conversation and community, so although this article is dissapointing to read, the focus we had was (and should have been if not) on Christ and what walking through purity looks like.
Not to beat a dead horse but I think the book should have been bought out of a commitment for walking through this bible study and growing in community than because a man seemed hypocritical for the things he wrote. I love this blog by the way and the ideas questions and hearts that poor out of it.
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