What Is Christ Doing With His Bride, Part 3

From The Advertiser’s article, “Porn-again pastor tells of his addiction and shame“:

“For over 16 years, I have struggled with an addiction to adult pornography. As a result of this secret life of sin my body would often break down,” his confession began.

“Two years ago, I reported that I was suffering from cancer. The truth is that although I was ill, I did not have cancer but was again using the misdiagnosis to hide the lie that I was living.”

Let us not be cynical for about a minute here and think just for a moment that Mike is telling the truth.  If the song, Healer, was actually written as a song to God in the pure belief that God would heal Mike of his addiction to porn, I am thinking that the truth was far more inspirational then the lie was told to coverup the truth.

Of course, that would be my personal opinion.

4 Comments so far

  1. brent(inWorship) on August 25th, 2008

    I completely agree.

    I think this song means so much for him right now thatn it ever did.

  2. Kevin Bussey on August 25th, 2008

    Thanks Joe,

    This could explain a lot.

  3. mandythompson on September 10th, 2008

    Joe: We’ve already used this song in my church a few times. I’ve never seen them respond to a song like they responded to this one. I think it’s a keeper. I think, even in the midst of the controversy - and even BECAUSE of the controversy, the church should hold on to this song.

  4. Joe Louthan on September 10th, 2008

    Mandy: That is why you rock my socks. I so hope that we could try to look at the bigger picture much like Solomon in Ecclesiastes and keep trying to push back the darkness with the light inside of ourselves.

    This song, for the REAL reason it was reason, glorifies God in the highest.

    I still sing this song. It still moves me. It still keeps my focus on how good God really is.

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