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Jimmy Swaggart
Jimmy Swaggart is an American Pentecostal pastor, teacher, musician, author, and televangelist. He is also the cousin of rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis and country musician Mickey Gilley. He preaches to crowds around the world through his weekly telecast. His telecast was transmitted to over 3000 stations each week; His programs are seen on 78 channels and in 104 countries.
He was very successful, his ministry, the Assembly of God, estimated to make over $150 million a year during the 1980s. But unfortunately he is more recognizing more for his scandal than his ministry. It always amazed me of how the world’s opinion of someone can change overnight; just like how at first everybody loved Macbeth but then after all his schemes, they hated him. But with great success you know someone is not happy about it, for swaggart it was Marvin Gorman. Jimmy Swaggart and Marvin Gorman had a rough past; Gorman was once a fellow minster of the First Assembly of God Church and a star of his own budding TV ministry. In July of 1986 Swaggart called Gorman to a meeting, Swaggart questioned whether Gorman was in an adulterous relationship, to which Gorman admitted to only one relationship. Then after the meeting Swaggart reported the incident to a church official, saying that he asked Gorman if there were other women involved but Gorman said no, he said he knew Gorman was lying, even then Gorman was having an affair with a second woman. I think Swaggart became too sure of himself and because of all the power and popularity that he had, he became too ambitious to keep that power. Just like Macbeth, because of what the withes told him he became obsessed in becoming king and he killed his way to the throne. Once in power, he was hunted by ...

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...Family Worship Center would become non-denominational. The Jimmy Swaggart Bible College lost many of its students by the end of May 1988. While some shunned him and the church, other people admired his honesty, which makes me wonder if he would ever be forgiven. But his ministry never reached its former-glory, his son Donnie Swaggart is now running the ministry with him making occasional appearance.
It’s amazing to see how far someone would go for power or honor but only to dig their own graves. Macbeth tried so hard to be a king but when he got to the throne he couldn’t rest one bit without worrying someone is going to do the same crimes he committed to him. In which he was right because he ended up being killed by Macduff. Swaggart’s scandal just shows how being ambitious can be dangerous, especially for someone who is constantly under scrutiny by the public.

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