Perelandra

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227159,00.html

I am not 100% sure what to think of this story, where the head of a large evangelical organization (is it a denomination, or what?) in Colorado Springs is caught up in a scandal and accused of homosexual soliciting. To top it off, he and the organization he heads actively fights pro gay marriage laws around the country.

That this is a scandal is no doubt. But there is a thread of hope in here that I want everyone who reads this to take note of:

Church discipline is being exercised, appropriately it seems.
Ted Haggard appears to be submitting to that process for the sake of the mission of the church.  He is saying, “The church is more important than my place in it.”

His niece who is part of the church discipline team says that this is a routine discipline process. They’ve already figured out what they are doing and they are working through the process of church discipline.

I don’t know if the man is guilty or not, but the church discipline process seems intact. It makes his church and him look a LOT better in MY eyes that there is a church discipline process that is being followed by members of the church, and also submitted to by one under accusation. On THAT note, I am very impressed.