Stop defending him, or coddling his iniquity. He is personally responsible for the destruction of his marriage and needs to own that. Lest we forget the words of Jesus in Matthew 5:27-30:
‘You have heard that it was said, “You shall not commit adultery.” 28But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.* 30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to go into hell.’
Since Peter Kirk refused negative comments about Todd on his blog, which are deserved since this is not gossip but serves the purpose of holding a self-identified Christian “miracle worker” accountable for his extremely irresponsible and selfish actions, I need to respond here. This is not airing dirty laundry, it is promoting the truth of values that ought to hold Peter accountable as well. I don’t care if David was a womanizer and God “used” him. The fact that God used him does not mitigate at all that he was a womanizer! In fact, there are few people in the corpus of scripture who did not demean women as a matter of cultural principle. It was not an issue then. It is now.
Again, the press release from Bentley’s own ministry is this:
Todd Bentley has entered into an unhealthy relationship on an emotional level with a female member of his staff
According to Jesus this is adultery and can be considered in no other way. On a pragmatic level I want to pose this question specifically directed towards women. I ask this because men seem to have failed to grasp the significance of this strange new category of “emotional relationship” and what it really means to the women that it hurts deeply.
How would you interpret an “unhealthy emotional relationship” with another woman if it is a relationship that your partner has been nurturing? Is this adultery? How does this relate to a physical relationship? Are they equally offensive or is one worse than the other?
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