Ephesians 4:29-32, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
Matthew 6:15, “But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
Matthew 18:35, “Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.”
In July of 2021 I moved from Guam to Pensacola. The first thing I did when I arrived is to decide which local church I would attend Sunday. I chose Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College (PCC). In the first week that I attended their church, I sent a very friendly email to introduce myself to the senior pastor, Jeff Redlin.
I humbly shared my heart with Pastor Redlin, preacher to preacher. I explained that my wife had sadly left and divorced me 15 years ago in 2006. I explained my long struggle with chronic neck pain, constant neck tension and neuropathic burning nerves. I told him that these afflictions had ruined my life. I told him that I was so happy to be at Campus Church, and that my only heart's desire was to be a blessing to Campus Church in every way possible.
For 10 days I didn't hear back from Pastor Redlin, so I kindly approached him after the Sunday morning church service, just to ask when he might respond to my email. His wife was standing next to him. To my dismay, he told me in front of his wife that if I did find a woman to marry, he wouldn't perform the wedding. This is a man whom I've know for only a couple weeks, mistreating me horribly, making me feel like garbage. I told him that I felt like garbage because of him as a divorced person. His response was "that is your reality." What a jerk!
I honestly told Pastor Redlin that I was disappointed in him as a pastor, for not being welcoming at all to me as a new visitor to their church. Where was God's love? Why didn't he offer even once to pray with me? Why didn't he care? He eventually reluctantly replied, saying that someone had sent him my website ministry, which offended him and the other pastors. Redlin said wrongly accused me of "finding weakness in preachers." I emailed him back to kindly rebuke him, telling him that in fact I preach against WICKEDNESS IN PREACHERS, not mere weaknesses. Bob Jones University (BJU) and their graduates are preaching the Devil's damnable lies of Calvinism (aka, Lordship Salvation). That is wicked, not merely weakness. Campus Church and the PCC camp are sinfully compromised, bidding Godspeed to the Satanic Bob Jones crowd who are in cahoots with infidel heretic, Pastor John MacArthur (one of their alumni).
So after all of Pastor Redlin's emotional abuse, I had had enough. I left Campus Church is disgust. At the time I was surviving out of a suitcase in a cheap hotel. I was lonely, having no family or friends in Pensacola. I felt overwhelmed by life. I then caught COVID-19 and lost all sense of taste and smell for several weeks, suffering from stabbing icepick headaches from COVID. When I first came to Campus Church on July 4th, 2021 I was sleeping in Walmart's parking lot on Mobile Highway, because the Woodspring Suites Hotel in Pensacola cancelled my confirmed 30-day reservation without warning, when United Airlines delayed my flight on Guam which caused me to miss my connecting flight to Denver in Honolulu. I had a 17 hour layover in Hawaii. When I contacted the hotel to let them know that I am on my way, but would be a day late, they cancelled everything. They are as ungodly as Jeff Redlin! When I kindly told Pastor Redlin that I was sleeping in Walmart's parking lot, I saw the startled look on his face, but he literally just walked away. He couldn't have cared less!!!
So I criticized Jeff Redlin on the internet, lashing out against him for his cruelty. I was tired if his cruelty, arrogance, indifference and bulling, and worst of all, his woeful lack of God's love and compassion for a hurting man who had lost everything in life and simply wanted a second chance to start a new life. I wouldn't give you a dime for a hypocritical religious snob like Jeff Redlin. He ought to go back to the state of Colorado with the rest of the liberals, where he belongs with the yuppies! Jeff Redlin's nose is stuck so high in the air, that if it rained he would drown!!!
Several months passed after I had left Campus Church. I never heard from anyone again, even though I know they do have my mailing address and email. They had sent me a welcome letter my very first week at their church. They didn't care about me as a human being. Jeff Redlin never contacted me again. He didn't give a damn! But God was working in my heart, convicting me that I should try to make peace with Pastor Redlin. So on June 17th, 2022 I wrote a very humble and sincere letter to Pastor Redlin, and I mailed it to him. In the brief letter I asked for his forgiveness and kindly asked him for an olive branch (i.e., an offering of peace). I explained my hardships to him again, and offered to make peace with him.
Sadly, I've never heard back from Pastor Jeff Redlin, which just verifies everything negative I've said about him online. Redlin is a cold-hearted academic who woefully lacks God's love and compassion for hurting people. I have forgiven Jeff Redlin, but he refuses to forgive me. He refuses to allow me to come back to attend Campus Church. What does that say about him? What did Jesus say in Matthew 6:15, “But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” God has forgiven Jeff Redlin to save him, but then Pastor Redlin won't forgive me:
Matthew 18:35, “Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.”
As a testimony before God and man, I tried to make peace with Pastor Jeff Redlin and Campus Church, but they refused. It is wickedness!!! What a sad and shameful testimony for a pastor of a church, to refuse to forgive and give somebody a second chance to attend church. I've been praying for Jeff Redlin to repent toward God and change his unforgiving ways. I'm not holding my breath. I cannot control what Pastor Redlin does, but I can control what I do. I have forgiven him. I am gladly willing to do whatever it takes to make peace with the man, but it is all in vain unless Pastor Redlin is willing to give me another chance. It is truly sad and pathetic how carnal our church pastors are today!
