(By Jim Denison) Popular Christian author Glennon Doyle Melton recently announced that she is dating Olympic gold medalist Abby Wambach. This news comes after inspirational author Elizabeth Gilbert of Eat, Pray, Love fame announced her romantic relationship with her female best friend. Two weeks ago, Christian author Jen Hatmaker and her pastor husband, Brandon, announced that they support same-sex marriage as well.
Unsurprisingly, the move to affirm same-sex marriage is affecting churches. For instance, First Baptist Church of Austin has adopted a “diversity statement” that welcomes members regardless of sexual orientation into “the full life of our community.” Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas announced last Monday that a majority of its members voted to open weddings, baby dedications, ordination and leadership positions to people regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. READ MORE
….it’s the wheat and tares thing – we will know Biblical churches as opposed to worldly churches by their stance on sodomy. Makes it easy to know who to follow and who to ignore.
For the Christian the Bible must be the final authority and we can’t make amendments to it to fit it with current trends. It’s easy to go with the flow while standing for the truth can be difficult.
The Laodicean Church! Jesus is coming soon!