The Liberal/Evangelical Delusion
By Rob Hood (08/01/08)
An Associated Press headline today stated that an Evangelical liberal wants to redefine marriage. The name of the Evangelical liberal of the story is Tony Campolo. This man has stated that the problems concerning the debate over gay marriage and traditional marriage could easily be solved by uniting all couples, homosexual and straight, as civil unions therefore allowing the government to grant legal rights to both types of couples.
This is a rather disturbing statement from a man who is supposed to represent God's word and His church. First of all, many are calling themselves followers of God or evangelicals, pastors, servants, etc. for God while deliberately opposing the Word of the same God of whom they claim to be serving.
One cannot possibly be for gay marriage and still be an evangelical leader. It's immoral, unethical, and blasphemous before God. The Bible condemns homosexuality (and heterosexual sins as well), yet we see so many churches adopting anti-Biblical principles in the name of "civil rights" or even worse, "tolerance".
The wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were completely obliterated for the rampant, unrepentant homosexuality in the society there. How can a body of people call themselves servants of the living God and turn right around and blaspheme His Holy word by adopting the very principles that the Bible calls wicked? The gay rights movement has implemented an intelligent marketing campaign within our society to convince people that there is nothing wrong with that chosen lifestyle, but Bible believers by the millions disagree. This marketing campaign has been egged on by corporate sponsors like Ford Motor Company and recently, McDonalds. These corporate sponsors contribute funds and/or gifts to the homosexual movement in the name of equal rights and refuse to accept the fact that the traditional family is the backbone of civilization itself. Societies that adopt these practices always falter and almost always cease to exist. They simply go extinct.
America has gotten away from Biblical principles that guide traditional family values and a God fearing moral standard and has exchanged it for a secular, sin laden disaster called liberalism. In effect, liberalism which guided the "right to choose" ,has killed more Americans that every war that America has ever been in since the American Revolution combined. These same people have the audacity to rant and rave about Iraq and the 4000+ soldiers killed there without realizing that at least 4000 babies die every single day due to the infancide we call abortion or the so called "right to choose". As a matter of fact liberalism's abortion commandment called Roe v. Wade has killed over 50 million babies in the United States alone since 1973. And they scream about Iraq?
So, how can anyone, especially an evangelical leader, walk over to the dark side of liberalism and declare that homosexuality, abortion, etc is okay when these thing are a disaster to society? Homosexuality, abortion, etc. is a plague in America today and if real churches do not stand against these things with a loud shout, then the freedoms of religion may be lost forever.
Evangelicals do not need to be ministers and leaders if they are going to deliberately and willfully ignore the very Bible in which they were sworn to lead and guide others by. For some reason we have churches today that should not be called churches because they ignore God and ignore why Jesus came here in the first place. Jesus came here to seek and to save. He is the greatest teacher that ever walked the earth. I know that after some people read this column, they will reply that Jesus taught to love each other and not judge each other. Often times, churches who embrace the homosexual movement will blaspheme God's word by using the teachings of Jesus to justify their actions. This is not right.
Of course we are not to judge. However, we are also not to endorse sin, but to repent of it and turn away. It seems like some churches forgot this part. It seems like these so called "gay churches" forgot that repenting has to begin before forgiveness and salvation can occur. If a person is a homosexual and asks Jesus to forgive and asks for salvation, then he will receive it. At the same time this person must realize that to repent means to turn away. He must give up that lifestyle. Do churches not teach repentance, forgiveness, and salvation through the blood of the cross anymore?
Apostasy is rampant in America's churches and this land needs to return to days of old when America feared God, held dearly to family values, and read the Bible with a receiving heart willing to repent.
To use evangelical liberal or evangelical homosexual in the same sentence is an oxymoron. A person cannot be both because to be evangelical, one has to be saved. In order to be saved forgiveness of sins has to have occurred. In order to receive forgiveness of sins and salvation, repentance, or the turning away from sin and turning to God is necessary.
Churches in America need to wake up and realize that Satan is on the offensive and is moving rapidly through our society. We can repent and save America from this apostasy within the church and the blasphemy that is wielded at the pulpits throughout our land. These evangelicals leaders need to learn that either they serve the God of the Bible or they do not. If they do, then they need to embrace God's teachings on issues like the sin of homosexuality and not ignore the Bible.
Apostasy is uncalled for, but is here as we live in the end times. However, we will all have to give an account of ourselves when Christ returns. I sure hate to be the evangelical leaders who smeared His Holy word in the name of tolerance when that day comes!
REFERENCES:
Evangelical Liberal wants to redefine marriage
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Headlines/Default.aspx?id=199380
Causes of Homosexuality
http://www.conservapedia.com/Causes_of_Homosexuality
Homosexuality is not natural or healthy
http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=3251663
Media Labels Pastor 'Gay-Hating' for Preaching Against Homosexuality
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/06091302.html
The church’s response to the socialist attack on the family
http://jennifer-roback-morse.com/articles/socialist_attack_family.pdf
Gay marriage facts
http://pewforum.org/gay-marriage/
The creation of a gay church
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08051611.html
Willow Creek Hosts Soulforce: The Continuing Coup in the Evangelical Church
http://www.missionamerica.com/compromised.php?articlenum=16
The Church in Apostasy
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/baldwin/071016
ELCA Lutheran Church trashes pages from the Bible
http://newsbyus.com/more.php?id=9324_0_1_0_M
Emergent church spreading spiritual cancer
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/31904.html
Pastor promotes Christianity without Christ
http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/March27/2751.html
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