DEAR BROTHER FAULL, (Concerning Personal
Attacks)
I
saw the attacks against your person, your ministry, and your school on the
Christian Church Today Website. I felt
so bad to read the misrepresentation of you and the school. I just could not believe men could
participate in this character assassination.
Even some that defended you were not complimentary, like they were
afraid to stand on the issues. How do
you stand it? Why didn’t you answer
them? I know you’re capable of doing
so.
ANSWER:
It
worked out for our good. It made the
school known. We increased our ministry
and received many requests for catalogs and recruited new students.
My
children read them and were hurt, but my daughter said, “Never wrestle with a
pig. You will just get dirty and the
pig will love it.” Seems like good
advice to me.
I
have written and put the following on their site:
“I have seen my name mentioned in a
negative way on several different threads on this site. I am fully aware that I and Summit
Theological Seminary’s controversial newsletter, “The Gospel Unashamed,” are
lightning rods to many. The intention
of that paper is to address controversial subjects other brotherhood journals
do not choose to address. The attacks
are par for the course and if they are talking of me, then they are leaving
someone else alone.
What concerns me is that there might be
those who have a legitimate complaint against me. I may be guilty of some genuine offense. I do not want to just laugh those off with the
rest. In light of that, anyone should
feel free to personally address me in the spirit of Matthew 18:15 and Galatians
6:1 and I will try my best to humbly deal with my fault. My email is summit1@cqc.com.
The brotherhood has been wonderful to me
during my 46 years of ministry. I’ve
been invited to speak at almost every major annual function in over 40 states
and 15 colleges. People have always
been gracious and kind to me and I have never felt abused at all by the
brotherhood at large.
It is only by a few letters or gossip that
has come back to me, that I have known that I have those who do not have much
good to say about me. I have felt loved
in spite of our disagreements. I try to
attack ideas and not personalities. If
I mention names, it is their association with the ideas and practices, not
their person that I am rejecting.”
Sincerely,
George L. Faull
One
need not worry about the criticism of me on the site. The letters and calls of encouragement I received more than
compensated for the harangues against me.
What are these things compared to what Jesus and the apostles suffered?