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.
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..."
"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."
Triggering the libs? self-defense? and other questions while digging for unstated assumptions in the latest article critiquing various Christian public engagements.
A thread...🧵
Can a priest (pastor) be faithful to God by protecting his own life so that the parishioners may get good feeding in the future? Why is the priest dying in the pulpit more noble than Paul sneaking over the wall to avoid assassination plots?
What are "worldly forms/ways of power"? Is this like "worldly thinking" I used to hear as a Charismatic? If he mean's "sinful," then what specifically is the sin? Is it wrong for Christians to use "worldly power" by voting or picking up a gun in self-defense? If not, why not?
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.
Making matter more confusing, abuse is often a catchall for various types of sins & degrees of heinousness: is verbal abuse on par with physical abuse?