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May 13, 2021 11 tweets 4 min read Read on X
Coming to a "conservative" church near you.

A thread.

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Many conservative churches follow the lead of society by 10 years or so. It's a subtle form of worldly conformity.

They already have gay pastors and gay conferences, just like the mainline churches of 10-20 years ago.
As society ratchets up the gay pressure, more churches will try to assuage the powers-that-be.

Again, conservative churches are already allowing the celibate gay lobby to talk about transgender...
...such as Sam Allberry. In 2019, he gave a (somewhat helpful) lecture on transgender. But dropped this bombshell:
He also made other points that pave the way for transgendered pastors.

"None of us, not a single one of us, is qualified to determine our own [sexual] identity. And whatever identity we come up for ourselves will not be a good fit."
Christianity Today published an essay the grooms the church for tranny pastors.

Of course, it was written by the founder of Revoice.

christianitytoday.com/ct/2018/june-w…
TGC opens the door to more transgendered in the church as well.

(In the name of "love," of course)

ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/speaki…
Transgenderism at the Evangelical Theological Society--it's true.

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Spurious reasoning cannot compare to the power of stories to change churches.

"..evangelicals, led by a few brave congregations, are bound to change their views on gay and transgender people sooner rather than later...the power of narrative, of story..."

getreligion.org/getreligion/20…
It's coming. Are you prepared?

More in my forthcoming book, Is the Church Pro-Gay?
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1st post in June on #QueeringChurches: Russel Moore who...
Sympathized w/ g@ys.
Ok w/ g2y wedding reception
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"And many of them feel deeply alienated in American culture and they believe that [gay marriage] will somehow restore that. And so we need to understand that and know that."

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Moore would attend a homosexual wedding reception.
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Triggering the libs? self-defense? and other questions while digging for unstated assumptions in the latest article critiquing various Christian public engagements.

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Some thoughts & question arising from an article about abuse from the Orthodox Presbyterian Church magazine for officers.

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The article lists some books on the subject. But it got me thinking: although a pressing and important issue, often people forget to start with the basic: what is abuse?

Not knowing its definition, it is hard to agree that it should be something we should not disagree on. Image
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Lacking natural affection is one way to understand this politician's rhetoric & actions toward another nation.

This is a sin per Rom. 1:31 & 2 Tim. 3:3 (KJV): "w/out natural affection."

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Astorge = "w/out natural affection."
It comes from "Storge" = "natural affection."
This is an English word straight from the Greek.

CS Lewis talks about it in his Four Loves:
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It's range of objects of affection is broader than the immediate family but always includes it in a hierarchical fashion. Image
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Furries are a hotbed of sexu@l deviancy, part of the queer world that is courted by churches in ignorance.

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