He posted this on Facebook, so I figure it's fair game to post here. This writer is Billy Graham's ex-son-in-law, and as he mentions here, also committed adultery, which he owns. I appreciate his words, but I still find the hypocrisy of Yancey speaking and writing while being in the affair to be . . . I can't say unforgivable, but disqualifying. Why didn't he believe what he wrote? Did he write to convince himself, or just to make money? I'm a cynic, I suppose. I've seen too much of this in my life. Addendum: I am glad to see Tchividjian being called out for this post. Others perceive it to be "too soft on sin," especially the comment we are all three days away from an affair. Ed Stetzer's editorial is better--it gives godly advice on preventing sinful patterns. TT's comments seem to say we don't know ourselves well enough and that's why we judge PY. This is very close to an "everyone is doing it" argument or "everyone is...
1. Still mad; maybe a tad more merciful and understanding, but still mad at him and the system that does not hold celebrity voices in the church accountable. However, Yancey would probably say he was a journalist and not a theologian or preacher/pastor. No matter; he purported to interpret the Bible and the faith for readers. 2. I recall that his last book was about his mother, brother, father's death, and hard upbringing in the fundamentalist subculture. It was heartfelt. Many of us can relate to such stories, such truths. I have struggled to shake off those fundamentalist teachings and really, those burdens. They hang like scales on our eyes, affecting our sight; they stay like a parasitic voice that says "judge first; look for sin; blame yourself because you must be wrong; don't stop working; all that matters is ministry, gospel, the Bible, service, church." They tell us to love but only parts of people, not their wholeness. It cuts us off from humanity. 3. But w...