I’ve been silent for a long time, but I think I’ve finally had it with the replies I see at this site.
I’ve been around this site since about 2003, and have seen a rapid deterioration in the attitudes of the individuals contributing over the last year. I used to look at this community as a place where I could find God-centered, conservative thought, but something bad has slowly replaced it.
Seriously, look at the first 40 or so comments. Not one contributor offering up a prayer for this man and his family. Shameful. When I see sin in the life of a brother or sister, the first thing I feel obligated to do is petition the Lord for protection and revelation that will lead that person back to the right path.
Where is you mercy, love and kindness for this individual?
At this point I’m praying for a change of heart in this man, and strength to overcome the weakness that he finds within the constraints of his own flesh. The truth is, we all have battles. I struggled for a long time with alcohol addiction, and I still get thirsty. Do I give in to that temptation? No. I press harder into God to keep me on the right path, and by power of the Holy Spirit and His mercy I forge ahead.
Many of us are willing to look past our own sin to what we see as a greater sin, while wholly ignoring that our denial of our own shortcomings and the finger pointing district us from the purpose of seeing Him. We are charged, as Christians to reflect the life and actions of Jesus. What I see here is quite the opposite, and has been for quite a while.
There’s a mirror right over there. Might be beneficial for many of the commenters on this site to go take a look. I did exactly that three years ago and saw a lot of ugly. It’s only through God’s grace and a constant reaffirming of my relationship with Jesus though daily reflection, prayer, and digging into the Word that I live free.
So, prayers up for this guy, his family, his friends, his band, and the ministry that God has for him as a result of his own shortcomings.
How about you pray for FReepers then instead of blasting everyone here and this site?
It’s one thing to say that I gave into temptation and fell into sin.
But it’s a whole other thing to say that “Well what I’m doing really isn’t a sin.”
We loves us some pitchforks! Grab one and join us by the crackling pyre.
Actually, I have prayed for this man and his family. His “relief” from trying to be straight/realizing he’s gay will be short lived, as will the flaky “acceptance” he finds among the homosexual community. As the “star”, it’s all about him, but he has a wife and two kids at stake behind the scenes.
Sad. None of it changes God’s revealed Word about perversion, though. I believe much of the lambasting is a reaction to the denial of sin, the attempt by this guy and the gay community to affirm what God declares to be “detestable”. God defines Truth and its terms, not us. HE created the body and decides what one may do/not do with it.