Robert Morris, Tony Evans, and the path to spiritual victory
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🗓️ 18 June 2024
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Summary
Robert Morris, senior pastor of Gateway Church, stands accused by a woman of sexually abusing her as a child. Dr. Tony Evans, pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, recently announced he was stepping down from his pastoral duties for a “healing and restoration” time. We should remember that private sin never stays private and that the enemy will use our failings as publicly as he can to damage as many people as he can.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, June the 18th, 2024. Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. I'm Chris Elkins |
| 0:07.8 | with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:14.3 | Bryson Deschambeau's faith has been making headlines since he won the U.S. Open on Sunday. |
| 0:20.2 | The same is true for Boston Celtics head coach Joe Missoula, after his team won the U.S. Open on Sunday. The same is true for Boston Celtics head coach Joe Missoula |
| 0:23.6 | after his team won the NBA finals last night for an unprecedented 18th time. |
| 0:29.9 | And if someone had to defeat my Dallas Mavericks, I'm glad it was him. |
| 0:33.9 | However, other headlines in the world of public faith has been anything but positive. |
| 0:38.9 | Robert Morris is the senior pastor of Gateway Church in the Dallas area, one of the largest |
| 0:43.8 | churches in the country. He now stands accused by a woman of sexually abusing her from when she |
| 0:49.5 | was 12 years old until she was 16. A statement posted to X by the church's executive pastor said |
| 0:56.5 | Morris, quote, has been open and forthright about a moral failure he had over 35 years ago, |
| 1:03.1 | in quote. According to the statement, his restoration process was closely administered by the church |
| 1:08.1 | elders and included professional counseling. |
| 1:15.6 | Morris also made a statement to the Christian Post after his church was asked about the allegations. |
| 1:20.9 | Dr. Tony Evans, the highly respected pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, |
| 1:26.0 | also made headlines with his recent announcement that he was stepping down from his pastoral duties for a healing and restoration time. |
| 1:28.9 | He told his congregation, quote, the foundation of our ministry has always been our commitment |
| 1:34.4 | to the Word of God as the absolute supreme standard of truth to which we are to conform our |
| 1:39.9 | lives. He added, when we fall short of that standard due to sin, we are required to repent and restore our |
| 1:46.3 | relationship with God. A number of years ago, I fell short of that standard. I am, therefore, |
| 1:52.2 | required to apply the same biblical standard of repentance and restoration to myself that I have |
| 1:57.8 | applied to others. Dr. Evans wrote, while I have committed no crime, I did not use righteous judgment in my actions, end quote. |
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