Gay leaders meet with SBC president (Demand for apology rejected by Southern Baptist leader)

SBC Bryant Wright, pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga., said. "As followers of Christ, our only authority for practicing our faith is Scripture, is the Word of God.... As followers of Christ it would be very difficult for us to betray our faith by ignoring what God says about sexual purity."

The Bible condemns both homosexual sex and heterosexual sex that is outside the bonds of marriage, Wright said.

In all honesty, SBC President Bryant Wright actually dodged the whole issue of the God's view of homesexuality as defined in the Bible. His statement that "The Bible condemns both homosexual sex and heterosexual sex that is outside the bonds of marriage" is unbelieveable and completely false. Where in the entire Bible is homosexuality comdemned because of impurity before marriage? Homosexuality & Lesbianism are condemned because it is a perverted, unnatural, reprobate behavior (Romans 1:18-32, Lev 18:22-24, I Cor 6:9-10) not because it is simply "impure" outside the bonds of marriage. Homosexuality is condemned in the Bible period as a perverted, unnatural, unholy choice (again Rom 1:18-32), that is the final stage of reprobate behavior against God.

SBC Bryant Wright completely dodged the whole issue of what the Bible says about homosexuality by referencing it simply as an issue of impurity before marriage. It sounds like he is making a case for homosexual & lesbian marriage, if the issue is simply "impurity" before marriage. What a weakling & a dunce, for not standing up and proclaiming what the Bible actually says about it. He could have just quoted the Bible references & verses, and left his own misguided opinions out of it.

This is "hope?" The sodomite contingent WON here! They knew that they wouldn't get any concessions concerning what they asked. Their sole aim was to GET AN AUDIENCE FROM THE SBC, GRANTING THEM LEGITIMACY! That they were given a place at the table was their goal, and they achieved it with almost no effort.

Be assured that the sodomite coalition is applauding this meeting as a great victory. Incrementalism is their core strategy, and it worked for them yet again.

What the SBC leadership should have done, what they would have done in a saner, more spiritually discerning time, is not to have given the sodomites the time of day. And they should have shredded the petition signatures on sight. And no, this would not have been an "unloving" act. Love has been completely mischaracterized by the left over the past couple of decades, and we conservatives have swallowed this new, false definition whole.

Wright actually dodged the whole issue of the God's view of homesexuality as defined in the Bible. His statement that "The Bible condemns both homosexual sex and heterosexual sex that is outside the bonds of marriage" is unbelieveable and completely false.

I noticed that too, and I'm sure the militant homosexual coalition did as well. Why are Christians so afraid to call sin sin in this day? It was an appalling error on his part. It left the door open for the wedge to be inserted.

I’m expecting an apology from the SBC leadership, as weak as they’ve become spiritually, although it will be “qualified” as something else to save face - something along the lines of “if we have unnecessarily offended any one with inadvertent and unintended scorn, we apologize.” But the sodomites will take this blank check to the bank.

Reverend Bryant Wright was on solid scriptural ground with his comments.

Read my post #22. It would have been nice if Wright had actually used & quoted scripture rather than his own pandering, nuanced opinion. What does the Bible say about homosexuality and then go to those passages? That's how he should have answered. He just made heterosexuality & homosexuality on the same equivalent plane by declaring that there should be sexual purity before marriage. Huh? So I guess the answer then is to allow for homosexual & lesbian marriage which would be the next logical step according to that line of reasoning.
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You are correct, Reverend Wright should have used the abundant and applicable scripture, especially since he was dealing with Christians. I used the term ‘inventive’ because I was attempting to be polite. Perhaps too polite. Reverend Wright came to a good conclusion but took the wrong route to get there. Scripture is the only valid answer to those in the church who attempt to excuse the sin of homosexuality. It is what it is.

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