Forgive us our Trespasses
Rev. Jimmy McCants was arrested for trespassing Sunday in the middle of the service at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chicago. He didn't even get to finish his sermon, "Can We Mend a Broken Heart?"
He had been fired by the board -- but he wouldn't go. So, they had the cops take him out right in the middle of the message.
That seems to be a bit much, paricularly if they had already said their prayers, "Forgive us our trespasses. . ."
But, after all, Luther did say, "Sin boldly."
He had been fired by the board -- but he wouldn't go. So, they had the cops take him out right in the middle of the message.
That seems to be a bit much, paricularly if they had already said their prayers, "Forgive us our trespasses. . ."
But, after all, Luther did say, "Sin boldly."
Imagine being a visitor or a child in the congregation that day! I think it would be a long time before you'd want to step foot in a church again, or feel any sense of respect for church leaders. What a message to send! I wonder what Rev. McCants' full message was to be?
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