If you ever need to tell someone safe about your sins, I’m the guy. I don’t talk in my sleep, never tell others, and will go to my grave with more secrets people have told me than you would believe. The church really isn’t a very safe place. I wish it was, but it isn’t. So most of us hide the reality of who we are, what we’ve done, and the shame we feel. I wanted people (including pastors) to have at least one place where they could feel safe and could deal with their sin and shame. I was that for Tullian.
What should be expected when you have a collection of people brought together by nothing but the shared conviction that they’re no damn good? A cheery musical, like The Music Man?