Posted on 01/19/2024 5:52:34 AM PST by fwdude
Alistair Begg is the senior pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio and is perhaps best known for his syndicated radio program, Truth for Life. He has authored and coauthor of several books, including Preaching for God’s Glory, Name above All Names, and the Christian Manifesto. With a reputation as a sound teacher, he can occasionally be found on the conservative preaching circuit, and is a speaker at the upcoming Shepherds Conference alongside John MacArthur and Steve Lawson.
During a recent program of Truth for Life, Begg offers a scenario where a Christian woman called in saying that her grandson is about to marry a ‘transgendered person’ (either another man who has ‘transitioned’ to a ‘woman’, or a woman who has ‘transitioned’ into a ‘man’) and wants to know if she should attend the wedding.
Noting that “people may not like this answer,” Begg says that as long as grandson knows that she believes it is sinful and she does not agree with it, then she SHOULD attend the ceremony, and even buy them a gift, because if not, her absence will simply reinforce the fact that she is “judgmental” and “critical.”
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Attending a wedding is a presumed APPROVAL of it.
I was just going to say exactly what you did. I’ve been invited to a couple that I did not approve and I stayed home.
I would not attend.
And we should never condone sin.
I’m shocked he would say that! A co-worker here is planning a wedding to another woman. She’s a recent women’s university graduate so I think it may be due to propaganda she’s been given. I will not attend the wedding if invited, which I expect to be.
What’s a pinch of incense anyway?
If a relative invites me to a seance should I attend in order to not be judgmental? Or how about attending a premier of an “adult film” if my relative is the star?
My brother is gay. I skipped his wedding. Not because he’s gay. Because he’s a raging libtard and an epic a$$hole.
“Pastor Alistair Begg Says Christians Should Attend Gay Weddings So They Don’t Come Across as ‘Judgmental, Critical’”
Why do we have to accommodate them? How about gays attending straight weddings for the same reasons as above? Come to think of it...never mind.
You gotta weird family!
(Heh-heh!)
Regards,
I would not attend a gay wedding and care not at all what anyone chooses to think about it. I do care what God thinks about it, which is why I would not attend.
I did purchase a Bible online last year, so according to Jim Jordan, I am on the FBI’s watch list for being a domestic terrorist.
I’d go. I’d go for the free food.
Would the free food be worth having to listen to disco?
that pastor has been drinking too much of the liberal Kool-Aid. The good book is clear that marriage is between one man and one woman. Homosexual unions go against God’s will. No self-respecting conservative Christian should attend such a sham of a wedding ceremony. We must stand up for traditional values, not bow down to the politically correct crowd.
I stayed home from a male to female wedding I didn’t approve of. I have never been invited to a same sex wedding although I have nieces claiming to be lesbians and a nephew claiming to be gay so it could happen. I don’t have any idea what I will do if it does happen.
Disco’s ok. It’s the Barry Manilow I can’t stand.
Mrs. BBB333 & I attended a lesbian wedding.
The priest cried.
Later they got divorced and Mrs. BBB333 pulled the license of the one that was working at her firm.
This whole scenario played out over seven years or so...
I am now MORE judgmental and anti gay — for a good reason.
My wife and I were invited to our foster sons gay wedding. We told him we love him but cannot be present because we believe the witnesses are an integral part of ceremony and by their presence those who are Christians are agreeing in the spirit to support the marriage. I believe they understood. We continue to make them part of our family gatherings and let both know we love and care for them and encourage them both to seek a relationship with Christ.
It seems like the more drama in the wedding the higher likelihood of divorce.
It is a waving red flag.
Gay marriage was an abomination, is an abomination and will always be an abomination btw.
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