What's the one thing worse than being lied about? Being lied to.
Enjoy the truth as you read this extract from our new flyer. You will
discover just how maliciously you have been taken advantage of by those
spreading slander and outright lies.
Sound Doctrine Church has always implemented and maintained the highest
standards of propriety and safety, for both children and adults,
consistent with the love of Jesus. If you heard anything else, you were thoroughly lied to.
1 Corinthians 13:6-7 Love does not delight
in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always
trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- We have fully documented and externally validated Youth Ministry and Sexual Abuse Prevention policies.
- All adults involved in Sunday School undergo official background checks and training.
- No adult is ever alone with a child (other than family).
- No man is ever alone privately with a woman (other than spouses or family).
- Parents are asked for written consent for any specific classes/teaching.
- All members evaluate and review their status annually.
- Private messages between adults and children are not allowed.
This is more than true at Sound Doctrine Church!
For more details download the PDF flyer, available here.
I'm delighted to share that Scottish newspaper, The Press and Journal, has run a front page story on Malcolm Fraser's case
- including the fight to clear his name, the support of former Sound
Doctrine pastor, Timothy Williams, and the background to the false
accusations.
I personally want to thank Mr. Crighton and
The Press and Journal for writing a fair, considered, and properly researched article.
To receive the latest updates on
Malcolm Fraser's ordeal, be sure to subscribe here.
Download the free eBook,
Gossip and the Gospel, available here.
I highly recommend Gossip and the Gospel and am delighted to share it with you.
In keeping with his generous nature, author Timothy Williams offers Gossip and the Gospel completely free of charge.
Find out more here.
Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.
Gossip has always been a problem but, in today's internet age, it's even
easier for one person - or a small group of individuals - to "stir up
dissension" by spreading false accusations, rumors, lies, and slander.
People are all too ready to believe anything they hear or read, and are
quick to make judgments, without knowing the whole story or knowing all
the facts. It happens to celebrities, it happens to politicians, it
happens in business, and - sadly - it even happens in church.
But the Bible is clear that gossip is a sin. It is never good,
no matter how much it is dressed up to sound noble. It doesn't matter
who is saying it or writing it, or how plausible it may sound. Gossip
serves no useful or constructive purpose. Its only result is damage and
destruction.
The kind of accusations that come from gossip are like smoke - they appear large and thick and overwhelming, and they are certainly dangerous
- but they are totally insubstantial. There is no point fighting
against every specific piece of smoke, because there's nothing solid to
fight against. If some smoke is dispersed, more just comes to take its
place. The real problem is the source of the smoke, the fire of gossip.
Proverbs 26:20 Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.
Every time someone blindly accepts gossip, or spreads it, or doesn't
stand against it, or even listens to it, more wood is added to the fire.
There's only one way to deal with gossip, and that is to fully reject
it according to the commands of God.
Again, I cannot recommend Gossip and the Gospel enough. You'll be glad that you took the time to read it!
Download the free eBook, available here.
