Is there a shift on the gay issue coming among Evangelicals? Yes, according to this article in the Christian Science Monitor. The gay agenda has already divided, is dividing, and will divide churches. It's such an obvious issue, yet no one had any real understanding of it until recently? It took nearly two thousand years to figure it out?
March 25, 2011
Christian Science Monitor: Evangelical Shift
A quote from the article: "If the Christian establishment fails to recognize this shift and adjust its rhetoric, leaders may find their young congregants departing, not defending, their churches."
Or, they may find that God is calling them to hold fast to ancient truths in a time of moral turmoil and doubt.
The article makes much of a "more loving, less condemning" stance toward homosexuality, including support for "some sort of same-sex union." Or, orthodox Christianity may face the dreaded result of being unpopular.
C.S. Lewis tells about World War II at Cambridge, when chapel was mandatory for faculty and staff. After the war, the requirement was dropped, and Sunday attendance very quickly declined from nearly 100 to about 20. When asked by a colleague what he thought about this terrible event, Lewis replied, "Nothing has changed. There were 20 Christians there before, and there are 20 Christians there now."
Posted by: Deacon Michael D. Harmon | March 28, 2011 at 11:02 AM
Great post, Deacon Harmon.
Posted by: GL | March 29, 2011 at 09:04 AM