In 2006 Ted Haggard was the Pastor of New Life Church in Colorado. His church was one of over 10,000. He was a staunch supporter of traditional marriage. What was unknown was that he had been having homosexual encounters with a male prostitute while using meth to enhance the experience. All the while leading his megachurch.
When the scandal broke the overseers/elders of his church asked him to step down and gave him a $100,000 severance package. He moved to Arizona where he sought counseling/therapy. What he received was heartbreaking. He went to a secular counselor and credits a secular self-help book for his deliverance during the past two years. He states that the counsel he received from those who were christians was not helpful and often judgmental.
He has a documentary that will be aired on HBO and will be on many shows including Oprah over upcoming weeks. I will be praying for Mr. Haggard. My prayer is that he finds True Counsel in the very Word he proclaimed for so long. The freedom he is seeking will only be found through True Repentance. You can find more about this at www.challies.com (link on the left as well) where a link is posted to the Washington Post article entitled "Trial by Fury" under Tim Challies' Ala Carte (1/27) post.
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