2020 has been a tumultuous year, a traumatic year, and one that's forced us to face a very serious disease.

And I'm not talking about COVID-19.

Welcome to the Roy's Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church.

I'm Julie Roy's.

Of course, the coronavirus pandemic has turned the world upside down in 2020, and there are plenty of outlets discussing that. But here on

the Roy's report, we specifically address what's going on in the Christian community. And 2020 has

been a doozy with scandal after scandal after scandal. Clearly, there's a spiritual

sickness in the church that's epidemic as well. From Acts 29 in the removal of CEO Steve

Timis for bullying and spiritual abuse to the hiring of a sexual predator at Cedarville University

and the sexual abuse involving the late apologist Ravi

Zacharias. This disease of celebrity culture, image management, and protecting wrongdoers,

rather than holding them accountable, is glaring and rampant. This year we also saw the

continuing fallout from scandals involving Bill Heibels and James McDonald. And we covered it all here.

As Ephesians 511 says, have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but

rather expose them.

And that's what my guest and I have tried to do, not so we can destroy the church, but instead

so we can repent, learn, and grow.

In the next hour, you'll hear highlights from our

top five podcasts of 2020, from an Australian pastor talking about spiritual abuse within Acts 29,

to the atheist who first exposed Ravi Zacharias and the lawyer who represented Bill Heibel's

sex abuse victims. You'll also hear two guests talking about the scandal involving James McDonald.

One is a former elder, telling what happened behind the scenes leading up to McDonald's firing.

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