“I keep thinking about why Michael Brown won’t just admit to what he has done or publicly repent and bring healing to SO many who have been hurt by his actions and words. Why is he hiding? Why such a vague statement? Why did he lie in his statement?”
(Protestia) The previously unnamed woman who recently accused author, apologist, and The Line of Fire radio host Dr. Michael Brown of committing sexual misconduct with/against her 23-year years ago has revealed her identity, along with a renewed list of grievances against the storied charismatic leader.
Earlier this month, Brown was accused by ‘Erin,’ now revealed to be Sarah Erin Monk (hereby known as Sarah), of sexually inappropriate conduct that would frequently cross physical boundaries, including holding her hand, kissing her on the lips, and slapping her back side.
In response, Brown said he was “shocked and horrified by the mix of accusations, allegations, false statements, and mischaracterizations” that have been levied against him by numerous parties about these incidences, insisting that “My interaction with her, although totally non-sexual in every way, reflected a definite lack of judgment on my part…(they were) certainly foolish and irresponsible – but neither sexual nor amorous in any way.”
In a new statement posted to YouTube yesterday, (and posted in full below) Brown, who has been silent on the issues after engaging a third-party firm to investigate these claims against him, shared some thoughts about the situation, seeking to clarity his perspective on this.
He offers that “these incidents occurred in late 2001 and the very beginning of 2002 during a very difficult season of life and ministry” and confesses that while he’s never committed adultery, Sarah and her husband were close friends of his, and he developed and “emotional, not a physical tie” to her during these months.
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Editor’s note: As a Christian apologist Michael Brown should be fully aware that his inappropriate acts with Sarah were, biblically speaking, the sin of adultery. In the words of the Lord Jesus “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” According to Got Questions, “Even if a man or woman simply indulges in lustful thoughts (pornography is especially problematic), then he or she is committing adultery even if no extramarital physical contact ever takes place. This explanation by Jesus avoids all of the nuances about “how far is too far” with someone other than a spouse, and it avoids the need to define what “sex” really is. Lust, not sex, is the threshold of adultery….Adultery is deadly serious and brings God’s consequences. “A man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself” (Proverbs 6:32; cf. 1 Corinthians 6:18 and Hebrews 13:4).
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CRN has compiled a list of false teachers and several other professing Christians we’ve warned you about over the years. The list also contains those we must keep an eye on plus movements, organizations and “frauds, phonies and money-grubbing religious quacks” to mark and avoid as per Romans 16:17-18 such as Michael Brown