Secondly, to varying degrees, we all fail and we all sin. This reality cannot inhibit us from affirming that which is morally correct.
Agreed. That's why I've included in every note that IF he is the party responsible for the divorce and IF it is not for scriptural reasons, then we should cast a weary eye. This could rest upon the wife's shoulders.
Secondly, to varying degrees, we all fail and we all sin. This reality cannot inhibit us from affirming that which is morally correct.
In general I agree. But it becomes almost heinous when a moralist cannot live up to the expectations they lay out for the rest of us. When a moralist fails, and by their own actions, it's a crime.
Would you be so generous if he announced he was involved in a same sex relationship?
Too many people brush off moral failings when it's one of their own. We need to hold those who are "friends" to the same or even higher standards than those with whom we are at odds.