An excerpt from a recent article about Ted Haggard:

In the church bookstore, a father leaned against a display of Haggard’s books and read aloud to his children from “Letters from Home.” Published in 2002, the book is framed as a letter to the two oldest of the Haggards’ five children, who were preparing for college at that time.

In a section called “Live as if there are no secrets,” Haggard listed powerful men brought down by lust or lies, including presidents Nixon and Clinton and the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart. “Major leaders have lost their positions of influence because of what they did alone in a room,” he wrote.

“Please don’t ever fall into the trap of believing that you can do something in secret, even when you are far away from home,” Haggard urged his children. “This is a lie, and it will always come back to haunt you.”

I find it incredible how we do this. We know Scripture is clear, and we know when we are living lies, but it’s amazing how we still don’t listen to things we know are true. *sigh*

“I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.”~Romans 7:15

I think we need to be praying for Ted Haggard. We shouldn’t be standing in disbelief at Ted Haggard’s actions. I really don’t think we need to be angry at him. His sin, yes, but not him. This is the Christian life. We need to respond like Christians.

Update: Here’s a good post on the subject.