ok. i’m going to make a long and pointed comment on this because it is beginning to hurt my heart. i really love and have learned a lot from Alister Beg, his teaching, preaching and ministry. even today. he was preaching on Isa 41 and it was brilliant. also i know the long and sordid history of christian against christian sectarian violence over theological disagreements.
and oh brother, may God preserve Alister and his ministry. because, this situation strikes as ridiculous. we’re cancelling effective and longstanding ministers of God now, are we, for very small differences? like leftists’ cancel us? imho, this disagreement probably comes all under the umbrella of differences different denominations have out of common with CS Lewis’ Mere Christianity. i can certainly make a Biblical argument from Paul and Romans to support Alister’s advice to in some cases go celebrate with a group of sinners. not that Alisters’ argument would be mine. it would be a specific situation and i would have prayed on it before going, but i could see myself attending such a wedding, under some circumstance.
i believe Alister is still on God’s side, and and that God is continuing to use him mightily. he’s not ‘slipping’ for a long time as i’ve seen in other scurrilous posts against him. and i’m sure he has a Biblical reason for giving his advice to this particular woman. the other thing that might be involved involved is a pastoral relationship under the Holy Spirit that Alister had while ministering to this parishioner.
as a side note, going back a few years to another great Christian minister who was canceled, wrongly in my opinion. i’m glad that at least Alister is still alive to defend himself unlike the christian apologist Ravi Zacharias when the leftists in Christian Inc. decided to smoke him after he passed on to Glory.
“i believe Alister is still on God’s side”
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