CN Morning Rundown: Ex-Hillsong Pastor Carl Lentz Says Family Recovering After Infidelity

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Ex-Hillsong Pastor Carl Lentz Says Family Recovering After Infidelity

Former Hillsong East Coast senior pastor Carl Lentz, dismissed in late 2020 for an admitted extra-marital affair, took to social media this week to thank family and friends for their support during a challenging time, and let them know that he and his family are on the road to recovery, and are excited about what’s ahead for them.

Fired by Hillsong—a church body that has been embroiled in scandal over the past year—for marital infidelity, Lentz said on Instagram that he and his family have overcome many hurdles, including his wife Laura’s bouts with post-traumatic stress and depression.

Lentz says he has made his peace with God about his indiscretion and, although the immediate future is uncertain for his family, they’re looking ahead with great anticipation.

Rabbi Jonathan Cahn: ‘Don’t Tell Me God Doesn’t Answer Prayers’

Several months before Joe Biden assumed the presidency in January 2021 following a tumultuous and controversial election, President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Incredibly, this occurred on the day of The Return: National and Global Day of Prayer and Repentance on September 26, 2020, because liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died on September 18.

Her death fell on the Feast of Trumpets, a time of returning, of coming back, of righting wrongs or what is known as Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year beginning the Ten Days of Awe, or days of repentance in Israel, ending on Yom Kippur.

R.T. Kendall: The Greatest Danger Lurking in the Church Today

A pastor recently asked me, “R. T., what would you like to accomplish before you die?” It was an easy reply: “I would like to see Christians once again take the Bible seriously.”

I have been in the ministry for 65 years. In my early days of preaching biblical infallibility was an assumption by Christians—whether Pentecostal, evangelical, Calvinist or Arminian. In those days both preachers and laymen read their Bibles. Many in the pew often knew their Bibles as well as most preachers!

Today, Christians generally do not know their Bibles because they do not read their Bibles. Sadly, few pastors nowadays urge their members to read their Bibles. Some pastors only turn to their Bibles when they need a sermon. {eoa}