Vince Gill, Amy Grant Open Up on Marriage and Divorce

For nearly 40 years I have believed and followed the Lord Jesus Christ. One thing I have learned is He, and only He is Always faithful, and His word true. His grace and mercy, love is infinite. As the Good Shepherd, He finds and is able to keep His own.
From my own experience, the Church was hurtful and judgmental toward my mother after she and my father divorced when I was 12. It was a rough time, emotionally and financially, for Mom, myself and siblings. In a small town, many people 'assumed' they knew the circumstances- had to be our Mom's fault. But us kids knew--we lived under the same roof, and lived in fear of our dad everyday.
At 13, I found in Christ what I could not find in most Christians--love with no strings attached. I've grown into mid years now, learned with Christ's help to forgive.
But whenever I hear someone step into the place of God as judge--I cringe. It's never going to change, is it? We can't see into another person's heart, much more, weren't present in an individual's life, yet we claim to know enough to pass a moral sentence.
God will judge us all, on His schedule, not ours. Could we not wait for Him, instead ?
If Amy Grant, Vince Gill, or anyone else--owes us an apology, could we grant them the grace of forgiveness and mercy, even as our Lord demonstrated so many times in the Gospels?
It will never be judgment that draws others to Christ, but God's grace "God so loved "you" that He gave His only begotten Son so that "you" might have life and not perish. Good news, it is, dear friends--not this never ending carping.

I am afraid for Christians who are sinning like the devil and still expect to make it to heaven. Read my book "Hell Testimonies" by Mike Peralta. Freely downloadable through my website hell3.weebly.com

"Live like hell - you'll get there."

Gary,
I have often wondered why she refuses to apologize for what she did??? There are many, as the article says, who have a prayer life, and FEEL like they are in tune with God, however God requires repentance, and so far, as my searches on the subject reveal, she has never issued a public apology. She hurt a LOT of people, and her attitude toward that, from what I have read, is, it is none of their business. Well, I think it is, and I find it perplexing as to why she refuses to be forthright in what she did, ask for forgiveness, then move on. She seems to have moved on without doing the required stuff first. If I am wrong, I would love a link to where she did come out and do the right thing. I am not excusing your roll in what happened originally, but you HAVE confessed, and that is all anyone can ask.

i agree ericabanjo....it seems like you are the only one that gets it. you other bloggers certainly are not drawing the lost to Jesus.

Dear Gary,
I have often wondered what happened to you and have often wanted to hear some new music.
We have always enjoyed your songs. Just a note too, we feel what happened to you and all your family is what happens to so many church going families today. It is a break down of the family and the enemy loves this due to it brings pain, unhappiness and misalignment with the will of what God desires us to be and has created us for.. there is so much I wish I could write but it just would not be appropriate in a thread. I was in your children's shoes, there is light at the other end and what is important is forgiveness in the whole thing which I am sure you have come to do due to it is old stuff. Just know this household loves your music and we want to hear something new from you. You can write your book but know we want to hear your music foremost.
I basically found this thread because I wondered what happened to you.
Remember God is with you! ( an old saying my family has said one to another for years!)

With much sincerity!

To Mr. GARY CHAPMAN, I apologize for my comments about your drug habit and for your performance on TNN. I have no room to judge you because I am not perfect. I hope you will forgive me and I will be reading your book. Thank you for correcting me.

VMISSVICKIE, Joanne isn't down on Christian people...only the hypocrites who say one thing and do another, and let's face Christianity has some very high profile and all too visible hypocrites in it like Amy Grant, Gov. Sanford of SC and others. Thing is: those people put themselves out there instead keeping their religion as a personal thing...so if they get "judged" or told the truth about, then it's no one's fault but their own.

Amy and Vince aren't telling the whole story. Why doesn't the magazine interview their exes and find out how those two were having an affair WHILE still married to the other spouses? And the last time I looked at the Bible, thou shalt not commit adultery was part of the Ten Commandments!

Amy Grant has never admitted she is a HOMEWRECKER...and apparently she never will! Sad. Well, she'll have to account to God for that, won't she?

Joanne what's up with being down on Christian people? Who said your going to hell if your divorced? Maybe if you have some spare time you should go find a bible and read how Jesus really felt about divorce. He hated it but there were some reasons he allowed it. Did you walk in these peoples shoes. I didn't think so. Were you married to a drug addict, alcoholic or an abuser? Why should anyone stay in a dangerous environment with their children whether they are christian or nonchristian. I am so tired of people whining about Christians and what they believe and what they do. They have just as much right to have the freedom to live their lives the way they think as you do right or wrong. We all will pay our dues so I say worry about yourself and that will be a fulltime job and you won't have time to worry about how anyone else is.