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Surprised? No.

           A couple days ago, as I was walking into my house, my wife came to me and asked, “Did you hear about Jack Schaap?” Only a split second went by before I blurted out, “No, but let me guess, he had an affair with a young girl?” It is not because I wanted this to be the case, only that, to my dismay, such immorality seems to be on the rise amongst “preachers” (The quotations are there because I strive to emphasize the fact that every believer is called to be a preacher of the gospel). Without a doubt you have already heard the news and probably heard it long before I did. The only thing that has surprised me is hearing that Jack was counseling this teenage girl alone. Of course, I could be wrong about this all together. Upon confirmation of his fornication, I told my wife, “This doesn't surprise me at all. It frightens me, but it doesn't surprise me. I'm sure the media is eating this up and spewing out their own rants (I did not tell her this but I also thought about