![]() ![]() He also urges people to follow Jesus instead of merely believing in Jesus. ![]() For example, he tells them to pin their faith on the story of Jesus-as opposed to, say, culture war issues. Stanley warns everyone about how young people aren’t as religious as they used to be, and it’s up to his Christian audience to help turn that around. It’s nothing special if you’ve seen megachurch pastors speak before. While the full video is not available online, some context can be deciphered from public notes about his sermon. The sermon in question was delivered during the “Drive Conference 2022” last May. (MAGA cultists who claim the mantle of “patriotism” could learn something similar by looking at the way many Black Americans love the country despite the countless indignities they’ve suffered.)īut to take that point and pretend Stanley is saying anything unique about gay people is a stretch that’s not backed up by anything. His message seems pretty clear to me: Straight evangelicals could learn a lot about commitment to their churches by taking a cue from gay Christians who’ve been demonized and traumatized by church leaders yet remain devoted to the faith. I know the “clobber passages”… We’ve gotta figure this out. A gay man or woman who wants to worship their Heavenly Father, who did not answer the cry of their heart when they were 12 and 13 and 14 and 15-God said “No” and they still love God? We have some things to learn from a group of men and women who love Jesus that much and who want to worship with us.Īnd I know the verses. It’s so interesting to talk about all that stuff. I know 1 Corinthians 6 and I know Leviticus and I know Romans 1. I’m telling you: The gay men and women who grew up in church, and the gay men and women who’ve come to faith in Christ as adults, who want to participate in church? Oh my goodness. But other than the in-laws, what environment do you continue to step foot in knowing that, any moment, you may feel ostracized? No place! That’s the only place you go where you know you’re not completely accepted, but you go over and over and over, and it’s because you have to. Where do you go that you’re not sure you’re gonna be accepted, and you go over and over and over and over? Only your in-laws’ house. A gay person who knows, “You know what? I may not be accepted here, but I’m gonna try it anyway,” have you ever done that as a straight person? … A gay person who still wants to attend church after the way the church has treated the gay community, I’m telling you, they have more faith than I do. … figure out how to get straight people as excited about serving and engaging as the gay and women I know, we would have a volunteer backlog. Much evil can be done against you, others and your church under the banner of evangelism. ![]()
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