We interrupt our regularly scheduled musings for the following news flash.
It’s come to our attention that a prominent pastor (PP) recently addressed some vexing problems for the church in America:
“There is not consensus in this room when it comes to same-sex attraction. There is not consensus in this room when it comes to gay marriage,” said [Prominent Pastor].
“We just can’t continue to look into the filter of our politics at our spirituality. Its got to be the other way around … and specifically when it comes to this issue.”
Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible– that is just cheating. It’s cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn’t how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that. There’s not one example of that.
To sum up: (1) Christians have no consensus on gay marriage. (2) Verse-by-verse preaching is easy but it doesn’t grow anyone & it has no biblical model.
Public reaction to these statements is mixed but reports are beginning to trickle in. It seems that some Christians are now desperately searching for an apolitical, authoritative word to create a consensus on gay marriage while a small number of pastors have already renounced expository preaching. Reports that lexical aids & exegetical works are being collected for book burnings have not been confirmed.
according to Script 
Oh my. 😞 Just like the Americans that stomp on our flag but, have no problem accepting all the “freebie” handouts of America, some Christians want the salvation of the Bible – but not the standards of that Holy God!! We Americans will see God’s hand of judgment because of our double standards. We’ve walked away from God. We’ve turned our backs on HIS holy standards!! The Church is not being the “salt and light” we are called to be in this world.
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