Washington National Cathedral cowers to woke mob, apologizes for letting famed pastor Max Lucado preach. His offense? Holding biblical views on sexuality and marriage.

The Blaze ^ | February 12, 2021 | CHRIS FIELD

[lowbridge]

The Washington National Cathedral took heavy fire for allowing popular evangelical pastor and author Max Lucado to preach at its virtual Sunday service last weekend. Though the church initially defended its decision as part of a move to build bridges, leadership later caved to pressure from left-wing activists and nearly tripped over themselves apologizing for the mistake of allowing Lucado to speak.

Lucado's offense? He holds biblical Christian views on sexuality and marriage.

He didn't preach on those topics Sunday — his sermon was about the Holy Spirit, the Christian Post reported — but the fact that he has a history of standing up for traditional biblical values on social issues was enough to have him silenced, the woke mob said.

What happened?

After the Episcopal Church's Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Paul in the City and the Diocese of Washington invited Lucado to speak at the cathedral in Washington, D.C., LGBT activists were livid.

The reliably liberal denomination known for its left-wing views on marriage and sexuality had betrayed the gay community by inviting a nondenominational evangelical pastor like Lucado who follows traditional Christian teachings on marriage and sexually, and the woke mob couldn't have that.

So they did what mobs do: sought to intimidate their target into compliance and force their opponent to be silenced.

Activists launched a petition days before Lucado's sermon demanding that the church rescind its invitation to Lucado, claiming that his "teaching and preaching inflicts active harm on LGBTQ people."

They accused him of pushing "[f]ear-mongering and dehumanizing messages" and preaching "the kind of dangerous theology that promotes oppression of and violence toward the LGBTQ community."

According to the petition, "Lucado has inflicted serious harm" and should not be given a platform.

[Salman]

They are not cowering to any mob. They are the mob.

For Episcopalians, sodomy is a core value.

[elpadre]

LGBTQ are sad, sick people. They are like actors on a stage pretending to be someone they aren’t.

[T-Bird45]

Fault is on both parties, IMO - Lucado should have known the Episcopalian anti-Biblical statements about sodomy and Lucado’s books/sermons have been unequivocal on the subject. There is no middle ground on which a conversation can occur so why did either party bother.

[HighSierra5]

It won’t be long before the commies come for the Bibles. But God has a suprise for them.

[oldbill]

I hope they’ve removed all them Christ things at the National Cathedral.

[servantboy777]

>>Episcopalians, sodomy is a core value.<<

Lol. We left the Episcopal church many years ago. Right after Vicki Gene Robinson, openly homo priest who left his wife and kiddos to live with another dude...and the Episcopal church ordained him as the first openly gay bishop.

Good grief! We said, enough already.

[allendale]

What do you expect from a denomination founded by the decadent Henry VIII? Their vile roots run deep.

[Psalm 73]

"...so why did either party bother."

Because we are called to preach the Truth in love.

I would never turn down an opportunity to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

[Midwesterner53]

Satan has a lot of arrows in his quiver and a lot of useful fools to aim those arrows.

[mrsmel]

Yep. It enrages and disgusts me that they can call themselves “Christian” while denying the core tenets on which Christianity is based, from its foundational document, the Bible. The left is disgusting-what does “Christian “, or even such a simple term as “woman”, mean, when they get through twisting it? These “Christians” are not my brethren.

[Scrambler Bob]

Maybe all Bible scripture web sites can be censured.

[petitfour]

Wasn’t Max vocal about not supporting Trump in 2016?

[Lurker]

“Show me on this doll where the mans words hurt you.”

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[SaxxonWoods]

Freedom of worship next up on the cancel list.

[SkyDancer]

Just chalk L18 where ever you can; will have them scratching their head.

Leviticus 18.

[crusty old prospector]

Seems like that has already arrived in Kanada.

[mrsmel]

Funny how the left never tries to tell Islam what its beliefs really are, in the face of what it has historically said about itself. They do try to whitewash it all, in spite of what Islam itself says, as “the religion of peace”. But they don’t have the nerve to try to tell Muslims what their doctrine really is or should be, in the face of what Muslims themselves say it is. The left only does this to Christianity, no other religion. That is indicative, to me, of a lot of things-the power of Christianity, for one thing, and the truth of it for another. They don’t bother with other religions.

[BipolarBob]

The same mentality chose to release Barabbas over Jesus.

[AnxiouslyWaiting]

Why are “Christians” more afraid of man’s opinions than God’s judgement?
When was the last time any priest/pastor condemned Islam as intolerant murderous bigots?
Why is the church(protestant&catholic) cowering in the corner instead of standing in defiance of continuous oppression of religious rights?
Why does the church celebrate perversion instead of the 10 commandments?
It’s time we purge our churches of apostates/perverts/abusers.
Yet somehow people remain shocked at what’s happening. We have mocked God for far too long. We’re reaping what we’ve sown.