After the Haggard scandal, I spoke with a few people, and I was really interested by their responses. One friend took the approach that scandals like this don't surprise him, they simply make him appreciate people like Billy Graham, Bill Hybels, etc... all the more. My second friend approached it from this angle: if a man like Haggard can fall -- a man who is deeply accountable to his elder board -- how much more probable is it that I can fall if I am not accountable to others? As for the third, he was just ticked that another prominent pastor fell and defamed the name of Christ.

For me, the interesting piece was that each of these people are solid believers who are actively trying to walk with Christ. How interesting that their responses are so different ...