"By Their Fruit, You Will Know Them"?

Christ’s admonition (about false messiahs) appears to be quite relevant; in this case:

Haggard Admits Some ‘Indiscretion,’ Says Fellow Pastor

Updated 9:32 AM ET November 3, 2006

The president of the National Association of Evangelicals, who has resigned amid allegations that he had sex with a former self-described male prostitute, is now admitting to some indiscretions after initial denials, according to the acting senior pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado.

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Given this rather unsavory mess, how is a Christian supposed to assess leaders? :smack:

A coupla things:

1.) You’ve been around here for a long enough time, ralph124c, to know better than to post an entire copyrighted article (you even posted the copyright). The best thing to do is to quote a short passage–usually just a few lines–and then link to the rest.

2.) We have an earlier thread about Haggard over here, so please feel free to update that thread–just without reproducing the whole article.