Trauma and devastation after Philip Yancey’s adultery

Posted on January 14, 2026 
Filed under for your prayers, Resources

From The Pastor’s Heart, the first episode of 2026 “and not the episode we had planned”:

“How should Christians react to news one of our heroes has engaged in an eight year sinful affair with a married woman?

• How should churches respond when leaders fall?

• Why do accountability structures fail?

• How do we speak of grace without minimising harm?

• What does faithfulness look like for pastors, churches and ordinary believers in moments like this?…”

– A most sobering discussion with strong exhortations at the end.
Watch or listen here.