Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. (Acts 20:30)
Posted on 07/29/2023 12:08:17 AM PDT by Morgana
You may remember several years ago when a highly popular pastor, Josh Harris, surprised the Christian world with his sudden apostasy as he divorced his wife and became an open activist for the LGBTQ community. Oh, you weren’t surprised? Well, neither was I, and neither were most people who are aware of what the celebrity pastor industry does to you. It happens to almost all of them—Carl Lentz, Brian Houston, Josh Harris, Mark Driscoll, Perry Noble, Andy Stanley…the list goes on. The celebrity snare catches you in its intense grips and doesn’t let go. Very few have been able to resist.
That’s why it should surprise absolutely no one that another former youth pastor of a popular megachurch has come out as LGBTQ-affirming—and not just as an “ally,” but a full-on advocate, even involving his own children in the celebration of this sexual immorality. He desired celebrity over faithfulness to God, and he now has it.
In a Twitter thread, Nate Worthington, the former youth pastor of Adventure Community Church, announced he was now fully queer affirming:
According to his LinkedIn profile, beginning in 2005, he oversaw the entire youth and college ministry and he received his bachelor’s in youth ministry from Liberty University.
According to his Twitter thread, what changed his perspective was “dwelling among LGBTQ people,” “therapy and books,” participating in Phoenix gay pride events, and consulting other “affirming Christians.” Conspicuously missing from his list is the Word of God. In fact, he goes on to say that he “had not been able to definitively come out of the theological closet until today.” To translate, he had to abandon the Word of God in order to become affirming.
The worst part about it is that he has dragged his entire family, including his young children, into this apostasy. God help them.
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“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God”……
….”To late to cry for mercy when it is the time for justice”
“And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?”
Matthew 11:7 KJV
“that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;”
Ephesians 4:14 KJV
(participating in Phoenix gay pride event)
The hour is very, very late.
Tagline.
It will happen.
What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul?
These guys will find out the hard way some day.
My, my. Aren’t we trendy now?
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. (Acts 20:30)
Could somebody somewhere come out as normal? Could someone get in front of the cameras and say he doesn’t have a letter in LGBTQXYZ? How about declaring that he still has all his original body parts?
He would be condemned as committing a hate crime.
A gay youth pastor, there’s something you don’t see every day. /s
“The worst part about it is that he has dragged his entire family, including his young children, into this apostasy. God help them.”
There will be a millstone in his future.
Looks like a garden variety gay man from SF.
The real problem is that he will see Scripture as “evil” because it doesn’t affirm what HE believes. I saw that in my former church.
What a Sodomite. There must be something appealing about burning sulfur
“Mega-church”
“Adventure Community Church”
Those two facts sent alarm bells ringing in my head.
Nearly all “mega-churches” are of a corporate model, requiring them to “satisfy customers” to remain viable and going concerns. That is antithetical to what a true church is.
Check out Joe Dallas, a former homosexual and ardent activist. His story is inspiring and he is currently quite vocal as a biblical apologist against all things "gay."
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