Quote:
Originally posted by Professor
i'm not passing judgment. i'm expressing an opinion. my conscious would not allow me travel throughout the us and abroad for 20 years or more confessing to be christ like when i know i'm addicted to porn and sex. i'm glad god has delivered him and i know god is the one whom kirk will have to answer. i did not buy into him feeling convicted for 20 + plus years cause he kept on doing his thing. if i accept your view, i guess you discount anything your pastor do/does and have the mindset "he" is only a man. i say to each his own.
|
I watched the interview as well and really enjoyed it. I had heard Kirk briefly speak on his addiction on some TBN show previously, but not to this depth.
I agree with much of what the previous posters have said (CT4, Proverbs, Urbanized Skillz). Addiction and shoot, sin period, has a powerful pull. Wasn't it Paul who said "That what I would do, I do not, that what I shouldn't do, I do. Oh wretched man that I am!"? (badly paraphrased--I'll find the correct scripture) I think Paul spoke for every honest believer in that scripture because I think we have all said "I will never" to something and then ended up doing it, and feeling convicted about it. It could be as small as eating that extra peice of cake, to giving someone a piece of your mind, to yes, porn. The sin is all the same. That's why God gives us the opportunity to repent. If it was as easy as feeling convicted and automatically being released from certain stuff...whooh....let's just say I would not be typing this (while I am at work).
I would not discount anything that my pastor or any man of God does, but I do think it is about the mindset. Are they unrepentant in their sin? Justifying it and trying to make it like it was alright? The case I can think about most readily is Henry Lyons. When the whole deal with the other woman and the house and the money came out, he did not seem like he was repentant at all (TO ME) I know I can't truly judge him, only God can do that, but God did say to try the spirit by the spirit and that we will know them by their fruit and while I don't know his heart, I can say that I didn't see to much "sorry" fruit coming from him. He might be different now, I don't know.
Kirk Franklin did not have to share this with anyone, like someone else said, I appreciate his honesty. This tape should become required viewing in Men's Ministry meeting all over the place.
My husband used to get this Christian magazine called New Man and I remember reading an article that said one of the major hotel chains (can't remember if it was Hilton or Mariott) LOVED when there were Christian conventions because their pay-per-view usage fees for porn would skyrocket. It's a whole lotta folks doing stuff in the dark.
Threaded Mode
