Why would he have engaged in reparative therapy? That’s for the people who have the problem, not the pastor?
Remember, having homosexual feelings is not a sin, in the sense that all of us sin, and all of us have a fallen nature that makes us desire various sinful actions.
Our calling is not to engage in sinful acts. You know, there was a time when we actually married people off to strangers, and somehow they learned to “love” each other after time. People have a remarkable ability to become attached to those who they are not immediately drawn to sexually.
But nowadays, we have been trained by culture that we are supposed to “marry” the person who makes us “hot”, who we can’t resist.
But we are called to resist all sorts of things. If you can’t find a woman who will have sex with you, you are expected not to have sex, so why is it so hard to live by the rule that even if you are sexually attracted to another guy, that doesn’t mean you HAVE to become sexually active with them.
I imagine if the son was not gay, but had decided he really loved a girl who was not a christian, and who didn’t accept marriage, that this guy would have eventually decided that the church view on unequal yoking and on being married before sex were also no longer operative.
Because nobody wants to think their kids are living in sin. But sadly, too many pastors have decided that God is powerless in our lives anymore, and therefore simply can’t believe that God would have the capability to give the grace necessary for people to bear the burdens they are given.
One can only imagine how St. Paul would be treated in the modern society.
Matthew 10:37. Believe me, from personal experience it’s not easy, but Jesus expects no less.
More accurately that church has broken from sound biblical doctrine.
This cowardly wolf will lose his soul if he doesn’t repent. He is also responsible for the souls of others, which is even worse.
If he had any morals or backbone he would have stepped down before bringing this evil insanity upon his congregation.
Interesting, this church sought out man’s opinion but it did not search out the bibles teaching. It disturbing they decided they won’t judge either so now they when sin is engaged in by their members their response is silence? Jesus never stood silent when confronted with sin.
How will they do their alter call since they no longer condemn sin? Come to Jesus but you can still sin, your life won’t be transformed?
AWFUL parenting is running amok.
I’m a Baptist Pastor’s kid, and if I had “come out”, dear ol’ dad would have broken with ME, not the Bible’s teachings.
......Soon after his shift in beliefs, his 15-year-old son, Drew, revealed that he was gay and later came out publicly on YouTube.
How inspiring & uplifting! A father-son homosexual coming out party.
Ahhhh, they do realize that homos can't procreate, don't they? If so their lineage will end, unless of course they go out on joint recruiting liaisons to keep the abomination alive!
This group is no longer “Southern,” and it does not even have “Baptist” in its title. What is it?
‘The California pastor, a graduate of Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology, told his congregation in February that he had recently informed the church’s elders that he now personally affirmed same-sex relationships.’
Then the board of elders should’ve fired him then and there on the spot.