I got a book notice today about "Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why American Christian Leaders are Failing and What We Can Do About It". I've been concerned about the investigation of IHOPKC that is due to be distributed today. So much of the communication I've heard in the past 16 months has been silent in the situation other than to harshly blame. Partly that is likely due to my searching Twitter to get information. No sense of God's salvation, forgiveness, any possibility of letting the past be the past, restoration, love to all, and so on and also very little, if any, reference to scripture and no reference to all scripture. Now an affiliation of Jewish Christian leaders has facilitated somehow the investigation though not performing the investigation themselves. I've been surprised at how harsh so many voices--almost all voices--has been. When in society does society call sin sin? Well, they sure are calling it that here and hastily without due process and with assumption of guilt and letting the accusers sound an alarm that was amplified and distributed by those considering themselves Christian leaders (I'm not saying they are not). I wonder if it's like "taking the signal" from one's captor--when the world says "that hurt" to sympathetically make that guideline the main and only equally distributed value. Probably my response is lacking true veneration of the accusers and I've seen Christian leaders first respond that way and then backtrack substantially. I'm not sure I have much wisdom about how to respond, though the Lord *is* my wisdom and boldness, but I lack knowledge. George Fox wrote about those who mash the innocent with the guilty and there's some of that, but even where wrong may have been done or even was done what does the scripture say, ye who are spiritual restore such a one.

Posted by John Fullerton at 2025-02-03 19:21:54 UTC