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It is one thing to be a sinner. It is another to brazenly build your life on sin.
That is something I have been thinking about recently, after reading a book about the abandoned wife and children of the poet Lord Byron.

I had a discussion with a young pastor from a conservative denomination. I told him a story of another pastor dressing up in women’s clothes for a Sunday evening outreach (Methodist and there is more to the story) This young pastor absolutely would not say it was wrong or a sin. But he did say it was bad judgment and he wouldn’t do it. But as much as I pressed in, he would not use the word WRONG, let alone the word SIN.

I asked for any scenario in which a pastor dressing up in women’s clothes would honor God. He actually said to me, “if it brings a few people into the church...........”

There is no repentance from bad judgment..............

The point being that the younger generation even in our churches has been infected by the world. I would encourage others to have conversations bout what is right and wrong, it might be surprising.

It is true that it is very difficult to get young people to take a clear stand regarding something’s being wrong, unless it’s something like, “It’s totally wrong for you not to buy me ...”.

First world problems, I think. I was talking to a fellow church member at our picnic on Saturday evening, and he mentioned that he had lived in Pakistan. Every native Pakistani member of his church had been beaten, mutilated, or tortured by Moslems. “They were afraid to touch foreigners,” he added.