On Good Morning America this morning…

And from Nightline last night…

Speaking of church problems. The new pastor at New Life Church is trying to encourage the flock regarding the whole Ted Haggard mess. And in case you missed it, Oprah is airing her interview with Ted and his wife today.

By Associated Press Writer
Dan Elliott
Mon, Jan. 26 2009 02:11 PM EST

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – New Life Church will recover from new allegations in the 2-year-old sex scandal that brought down founder Ted Haggard, its pastor said Sunday.

Brady Boyd encouraged his Colorado Springs congregation and reminded them of their “holy tenacity,” two days after revelations that a male church volunteer reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard.

It’s the second such claim against Haggard. In late 2006, a male prostitute in Denver said he had a three-year cash-for-sex relationship with the former New Life pastor.

“I’m sorry that this wound has been reopened for many of you,” Boyd told the congregation Sunday. “One day we may have a little scar tissue, but the wounds will not define us.”

Read the full article.

I personally don’t really care about anything that happens at the Crystal Cathedral, but ever since Schuller Jr. was let go, the glass house has been in the news ever since. Here’s the latest… Read the full article here.

Crystal Cathedral Lays Off Staff, Sells Land

As part of its effort to get back on track financially, Crystal Cathedral laid off an unknown number of staff last week, including the church’s executive pastor and the pastor of its Hispanic ministry.

Tue, Jan. 27, 2009 Posted: 04:28 PM EST

As part of its effort to get back on track financially, Crystal Cathedral laid off an unknown number of staff last week, including the church’s executive pastor and the pastor of its Hispanic ministry.

“These are really a group of great, talented people. But our numbers are down and we’re trying to make it under tough economic conditions like everyone else,” said Rick Mysse, a denominational executive for the Reform Church of America, which oversees the Garden Grove, Calif., megachurch, according to the local Orange County Register.

Mysse declined to name those who were laid off, but said among those let go was the pastor who headed Crystal Cathedral’s Hispanic ministry.

This story is sure to ruffle a few feathers…

This is one of my favorite passages in the bible.

2 Corinthians 10:3-6

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh,
for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.

We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.