A week ago (Oct 29th, 2006), a well known Megachurch pastor was preaching from
1 Samuel 16 on God's preparation for the removal of one King, Saul, with his replacement, David. An interesting passage to cover in a church where the leadership model more closely resembled Kings and Chronicles, than that of
New Testament leadership. The preacher was speaking about the forthcoming US midterm elections. Talking about how God removes some leaders and replaces them with others. One might see the preaching as prophetic for the events in the last week.
Even more interesting is the preacher's prayer 39 seconds into the sermon (in the church podcast on iTunes). In that prayer he says,
Father, we pray that lies would be exposed
We pray that deception would be exposed
The preacher was Ted Haggard. Little did he know how prescient his prayer would be - and that the lies and deception exposed would be his own mere days after he'd prayed this prayer. I've included the clip from the podcast - and
here again is the link to the actual podcast.
Related posts:
The Loss of Accountability Leads to Profound Sadness
Accountability: Man in the Mirror
Profound Sadness in Colorado
Earlier posts:
It's About Transparency
The "A" Word: Accountability
The Responsibilities of the Led
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