Now we know why Jack Schaap is in jail!

This guy was a sick freak!

I saw the story on Raw Story, and I followed the link. What I read and saw sickened me.

The Story via Chicago Sun Times:

Former First Baptist Church of Hammond pastor Jack Schaap’s affair with a 17-year-old girl last summer not only wasn’t wrong but was desired by Jesus Christ.

That’s what he claimed in one of several letters he wrote to the victim during his crime, couching the sexual relationship as part of her personal salvation and something Jesus Christ wanted.

“In our ‘fantasy talk,’ you have affectionately spoken of being ‘my wife,’ ” Schaap wrote in one letter. “That is exactly what Christ desires for us. He wants to marry us + become eternal lovers!”

Federal prosecutors included the letters in the government’s sentencing memorandum for Schaap, which was filed Wednesday evening in U.S. District Court in Hammond.

Schaap has pleaded guilty to causing the girl to be transported to Illinois and Michigan last year for a sexual relationship. Schaap resigned from the megachurch, one of the largest in the country, last summer after church members discovered his relationship with the girl and reported it to local law enforcement.

I present to you a video, with no commentary:

Think he is a bit sick?

Now, before anyone gives me any grief over posting this; I am a Baptist, I am a King James Believing Baptist and Yes, I am quite the fundamentalist. This man was very sick and I believe many in the IFB Movement knew it and were worried about it. However, the Lord was faithful and this man is headed to prison, where he belongs.

My prayers are with that Church, with the girls family and with the Schaap and Hyles families, as they have been through a good deal. Also, let me say this: This June 7, I will have been a Born-Again Christian for 31 years; in other words, I have been around a while. During that time, I have seen a lot of things in my day. I have seen and I happen to know that within the Independent, Fundamentalist Baptist circles, there is a cultish subculture that exists. There is also a King James Bible cultist element as well. It is one thing to say that you believe that the King James Bible is the preserved Word of God for the English speaking people; but it is another entirely to say that the King James Bible is the inspired Word of God.  To say that the King James Bible is inspired, in of itself, is a horrible fallacy.

When the word inspiration is used, it usually refers to the original texts that the King James Bible is based upon. There are some within the King James Only movement that believe that the King James Bible corrects those texts. This is an extremist position, and one that I happen to disagree with. Usually, Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches that hold to this extremist position on the King James Bible are usually ones who have this sort of cult of personality situation in it.

I should also point out, that the IFB Churches are not the only ones that have a “cult of personality” problem in them. I have seen and I have attended a few other types of Churches, namely Pentecostal Churches; that have this same sort of problem in them.

In conclusion, let me say the following: many people in the IFB world saw this coming to this Church. I have seen postings on forums; as early as 2007, that began pointing out that FBC Hammond’s pastor was having issues. So, this, to me, was no big shock at all.