You can get a taste for it in Jr’s self-obsessed “novella” that he published on his “ministry” web site many years ago, Ligonier Tales. He’s been mollycoddled and bailed out every time he’s gotten himself into trouble. Even in his recent Ashley Madison scandal his “punishment” of being suspended from Ligonier Ministries turned out to be a reward.
So, does Dr. Sproul consider alcohol to be a gift from the Lord? When you spend so much of your life covering up sins, I’m sure there is a need to numb that kind of pain. So, his alcoholism caught up with him. I sure hope that church members or family members uncover the rest of the sins that have been covered up at St. Peter. Sometimes it takes the strength of one brave soul to shine the spotlight on evil and help save victims. Alcoholics cannot be helped and won’t be helped if they don’t want it.
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You seem to think more highly of church than I do in these matters, however, because I think that getting church to perform up to speed in these areas is a hopeless quest. Yes it would be nice, but I just don’t see it happening. In this issue I hope that your apparent hope is justified. After internship I started a residency in psychiatry but I did not finish the residence. Then for a while I was admitting staff physician in charge of adult female admissions at a large psychiatric hospital.
Perhaps you have very little experience with people who have gotten clean and sober. There are many lovely ones and I count several as close friends. They are not consigned to their pasts.
Reporting the Truth. Restoring the Church.
It’s almost midnight over here, so time to hit the sack. Thanks, Dee and Deb, for all you do on TWW. It’s an honour to count you as friends. RC Sproul Jr was facing up to 7 years in prison and $21,000 in fines. Under this plea agreement he will face no prison time, provided he successfully completes the requirements of his probation. However, he does now have a permanent criminal record, and a felony record, no less.
I remember a few times , someone was also publicly welcomed back at a worship service and “biblically” restored to the body. There is so much more that is known about alcoholism and addiction. May he undergo professional treatment and break free from what appears to be a terrible addiction to alcohol. Not even your friend pastor Wade Burleson advocates that. So, perhaps Paul is assuming that we need to put resources on the brothers and sisters that are really asking for help.
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She said “just take the stationery and spill some coffee across it and sign your name and put it in envelope and SEND it.” I did. Maybe someday I’ll feel comfortable sharing more of my story here. I have with Dee, and you can also gain some insights from the article itself. I’m the former member of RC Jr’s church who contacted Dee.
Additionally, if sperm should happen to be a a man’s fingers and he inserts said fingers into a woman, sperm can be introduced in that way as well. When you are dealing with truly abusive men who victimize their hapless wives or girlfriends, tendermeets you will not hear of much spanking. Rather you will hear of punching, kicking in the abdomen or back, knocked out teeth, black eyes, etc. They are not adverse to hitting the women with 2 x 4s. They do not, however, ever spank them.
Sadly, we smelled the booze again and he admitted that he was choosing to drink. Mr F I am not interested in reading the article and getting into a debate on his theology and no I do not believe that sin in RC2 life is caused by his fathers theology. I am a very grateful member of Alanon and a not so very grateful family member of the CIA actually not Catholic anymore. Family helping an alcoholic usually does not help.