A wise woman offers perspective here the church needs to hear on Philip Yancey’s fall, calling out the terrible takes.

“One of the most common responses I’ve seen from pastors especially to the news goes something like what I saw one pastor say on Facebook: “If Philip Yancey is capable of this, you and I are capable as well.” It’s interesting that we don’t do this with other sins (although I remember Owen Strachan reacting to the discovery of Ravi Zacharias’ sex trafficking with “there but for the grace of God go I…” If we hear someone murdered, we don’t say, “it could have been me.” If we hear someone robbed a bank, we don’t hear pastors say, “it could have been me.” But when it comes to cheating on your wife? Oh, yeah, that could have been me.

IT’S OKAY TO EXPECT YOUR HUSBAND WON’T HAVE AN AFFAIR.
Scripture tells us that when we are in Christ we should put sexual sin to death (Colossians 3:5), not that we should normalize it. So if you’re sick and tired of these messages excusing infidelity, I hope this is a comfort!”