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[Compromise] Jerry's "Pay the Lover" Club
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John Henry
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Mar 18, 2005 05:21 PST
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JERRY'S "PAY THE LOVER" CLUB
. . . Then . . . Judas . . . said unto them, what will ye
give me, and I will deliver him unto you? -- Matthew 26:5
Certainly, the Charismatics, Healers, and Assemblies of God
should be embarrassed and ashamed of the spectacle that had become the
hottest bit of scandal that the liberal press could get its hands on in a
long while. The betrayal, publicity, and mockery that have resulted from
this scandalous affair are understandable, to be expected, is even
deserved, and is no real surprise to us.
What is a surprise to us (even in the light of the compromise
with neo-evangelicals, Jews, Catholics, the Pope, Ted Kennedy, Elizabeth
Taylor, Southern Baptists, Kentucky Colonels, accrediting agencies, and his
"friends" and "brothers" (Billy Graham and Bob Schuler) is Jerry's
involvement of the Fundamental Baptist name with a Charismatic soap opera
and Pentecostal "Sheep Fleecing."
After hearing Jerry's burden to save the PTL (PAY THE LOVER)
club and his burden for a fallen brother, we felt a deep sense of
embarrassment, disappointment, and betrayal. Why should a fundamental
Baptist try to save an organiza tion that should be destroyed in the hell
that spawned it? Why should Fundamental Baptists identify their names with
Charismatic perversions and problems? (We have enough of our own!) The
answer is clear to Fundamental Baptists but is not clear to the news media
nor to those, whom we must face. Jerry is not a "Fundamental" Baptist!
Nevertheless, again, we were not perceptive enough to detect
the real possibility of gain behind these maneuvers, namely, the stealing
and taking over of a potential side car ministry. That is until it was
found out that they could never take out the thing of the deep hole in
which Baker had put it. We can just see the "I'm your friend" compassion
and empathy that Jim Baker was shown AT FIRST. After it was deduced that
there was not a thing in it for anyone, Baker was labeled a scoundrel,
which he was. Yet that does not excuse the betrayal that he had to undergo
by someone, who hypocritically pretended that they were going to help him.
We never thought that we would ever have more respect for the
character, stand, forthrightness, and discernment of a tongue talkin', lose
your salvation, Charismatic Evangelist than we do for a graduate and
supporter of an Independent Baptist col lege. Still, we did! Yes, we had
more respect for Jimmy Swaggert and his outspoken rebuke of this scandalous
affair and the eight million dollar, prayer tower, extortionist. Well, that
respect was short lived in that the news media caught him as well, WHILE he
was still scolding Mr. Baker. Nevertheless, we still do not have any
respect for the mealy mouthed, laced underwear rhetoric, which comes out
of Lynchburg, Virginia. Clearly, there are professing Fundamental Baptists,
who run greedily after the error of Baalam for reward (Jude 11).
-- by Herb Evans (Undated)
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Then . . . Judas . . . said unto them, what will ye give me,
and I will deliver him unto you? -- Matthew 26:5<br>
<br>
Certainly, the Charismatics, Healers, and Assemblies of God should be
embarrassed and ashamed of the spectacle that had become the hottest bit
of scandal that the liberal press could get its hands on in a long while.
The betrayal, publicity, and mockery that have resulted from this
scandalous affair are understandable, to be expected, is even
deserved, and is no real surprise to us.<br>
<br>
What
is a surprise to us (even in the light of the compromise with
neo-evangelicals, Jews, Catholics, the Pope, Ted Kennedy, Elizabeth
Taylor, Southern Baptists, Kentucky Colonels, accrediting agencies, and
his “friends” and “brothers” (Billy Graham and Bob Schuler) is Jerry’s
involvement of the Fundamental Baptist name with a Charismatic soap opera
and Pentecostal “Sheep Fleecing.”<br>
<br>
After
hearing Jerry’s burden to save the PTL (<i>PAY THE LOVER</i>) club and
his burden for a fallen brother, we felt a deep sense of
embarrassment, disappointment, and betrayal. Why should a fundamental
Baptist try to save an organiza tion that should be destroyed in the hell
that spawned it? Why should Fundamental Baptists identify their names
with Charismatic perversions and problems? (We have enough of our own!)
The answer is clear to Fundamental Baptists but is not clear to the news
media nor to those, whom we must face. Jerry is not a “Fundamental”
Baptist!<br>
<br>
Nevertheless, again, we were not perceptive enough to detect the real
possibility of gain behind these maneuvers, namely, the stealing and
taking over of a potential side car ministry. That is until it was
found out that they could never take out the thing of the deep hole in
which Baker had put it. We can just see the “I’m your friend” compassion
and empathy that Jim Baker was shown <i>AT FIRST.</i> After it was
deduced that there was not a thing in it for anyone, Baker was labeled a
scoundrel, which he was. Yet that does not excuse the betrayal that he
had to undergo by someone, who hypocritically pretended that they were
going to help him.<br>
<br>
We
never thought that we would ever have more respect for the character,
stand, forthrightness, and discernment of a tongue talkin’, lose your
salvation, Charismatic Evangelist than we do for a graduate and supporter
of an Independent Baptist col lege. Still, we did! Yes, we had more
respect for Jimmy Swaggert and his outspoken rebuke of this scandalous
affair and the eight million dollar, prayer tower, extortionist. Well,
that respect was short lived in that the news media caught him as well,
<i>WHILE </i>he was still scolding Mr. Baker. Nevertheless, we still do
not have any respect for the mealy mouthed, laced underwear rhetoric,
which comes out of Lynchburg, Virginia. Clearly, there are
professing Fundamental Baptists, who run greedily after the error of
Baalam for reward (Jude 11).<br>
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-- by Herb Evans (Undated) <br>
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