#system rot

When failure goes deep #WillowCreek #PriestSexScandal

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit 1.

Churches have been through scandal after scandal during my lifetime. And each time a scandal unfolds, and Christians begin to critique the systemic failures which led to the scandal, there are many who stand up and say, “But look at all the good they did!”

And a lot of…