Posted on 07/20/2015 6:55:07 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
“It’s over,” he told me (John) grimly. “We’ve lost.”
These words came from a wounded warrior, a pastor who had dedicated much of his ministry to calling Christians to apply their faith in the public square and to opposing things like same-sex marriage...
Informed and articulate Christians can make a difference....
1. We can change our reputation from those who hate gays to those who love them....
2. We must tell the truth about same-sex attraction, homosexual sin, and same-sex marriage.....
3. We can stop implying in our words and actions that homosexual sin is worse than all other sexual sins, and that sexual sins are unforgiveable.....
4. We can defend the religious liberty of all Americans.....
5. We can tell better stories about love, sex, marriage, and family.....
6. We need to expect conversations about marriage and be ready for them when they come...
(Excerpt) Read more at thegospelcoalition.org ...
YES!!!!
wow! heartwood you’ve hit the nail on the head! well spoken!
Hold on. You have a point to a degree.
But let me just tell you: The modern American church has been sucked into the culture of the secular system for the last four or five decades....we (and I plead guilty to being party to this) have not stood strong against divorce, living in sin, pre-marital sex, pornography, and winking at bad behaviour.
Now I am not asserting we have gone as far as the worst elements of society, but we haven’t stood strong against it either.
First and foremost:shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiachSeek the face of YHvH in His WORD.
Pray for His swift return for His Bride.
We are at End Times.
It is plain to anyone with discernment.
Yes. It's one of the sins "crying to heaven for vengeance." It's worse than adultery or fornication.
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