Phil,
I heard the Focus On The Family broadcast too.  I do hope that the 
Haggert family experiences God's love and grace through all of this 
and that he stays out of the pulpit.  It would be a huge mistake if 
he went back to preaching.  What is unfortunate is that all of this 
is happening on the public stage for all to see.  The world loves 
seeing the fall and many Christians will be quick to point the 
finger.  What if all of our sins were on public display.  Well, one 
day they will be, but the blood of Jesus paid it all, including this.
Kathy


At 06:56 PM 11/6/2006, you wrote:
>Kathy,
>
>It is the same Peter Boyles talk show host who has been involved.  Yes, it
>is one big mess.  Today, the Colorado broadcast, at any rate, of focus on
>the family, was about Ted and and how they were all getting together to
>offer help to other pastors.  The gay man, he has been a male prostitute for
>20 years, is on the radio right now.  I've listened to several hours of the
>thing over the last few days.  Pastor Ted admits this has been a dark part
>of his past since adulthood.  Some times he would go for long periods of
>time living in victory and then other times he would go back into it.  Very
>sad for the wife and children.  I wish I could spend some time with Brother
>Ted because all he is going to get now is straight Christian psychology and
>he still won't be able to escape the darkness that plagues him.  No, it
>doesn't mean I think I'm spiritually wonderful and the fourth personage of
>the Trinity, it means I have compassion for him and want to see him walk
>free.  His wife and kids are going to need as much help as he does.  I hope
>we don't get up some morning and hear that he's dead.  I wish I could also
>spend time with Mike Jones, the male prostitute, but when you listen to his
>voice as many hours as I have, you can hear the mask he has over his life to
>protect him from the outside world.  It is hard to explain but I hear it
>clear as a bell.  It is a psychological mask that is put up with the help of
>evil to keep a person trapped in one place.  Pastor Ted didn't have that
>evil shield in place and that's why he broke.  Jesus wanted Ted and He wants
>to make him perfectly whole.
>
>Phil.