Message Replied To ==========
The Gheys
This Methodist Youth Minister in Mississippi articulates better than I ever could how I feel about this subject, especially since a young lady I know tried to commit suicide.
http://intheparlor.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/what-you-believe-about-homosexuality-doesnt-matter/
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While appreciating the
spirit and the intent of the thoughts I have to take issue with him. This
article suffers from 2 fallacies 1) insufficient options (be indifferent
to biblical teaching about sex or drive teens to suicide) and 2) the red
herring (teens conflicted about their sexuality attempt suicide because of the
unloving message of the church). And he
himself demonstrates that he has lost his way and no longer believes in his
calling.
His major point is a
terrible thing to say. What we believe about our sexuality matters very
much.
Let's remove the
argument one step from the flash point issue of the day. Same sex
attraction is so covered over with layers of political and celebrity nonsense
that it is hard to talk about and be heard clearly. Who decides the
meaning and practice of our sexuality in any context – the winds of the given
moment or what God has said in his word?
What about teen agers
who are aggressively promiscuous? What about a teen ager sexually
involved with a teacher or a coach or an adult neighbor? Is that also something
that does not matter. The 15 yr old girl or boy who is having
indiscriminate sex with multiple partners of various ages -- do we also say to
him/her it does not matter? Or do we say this is not what your sexuality
is designed for? That to make a commitment with part of you that you are
not ready to back up with the rest of your life is damaging to you and to those
around you. It is not more loving but
much, much less loving to tell a teen ager that their practice of sexuality
does not matter.
Finally I understand
those who do not know God and have not taken vows toward him saying silly,
false things about sex. For those whose
reference point is today’s zeitgeist it is a scary thing to be on the wrong side
of the Daily Show and Lady GaGa. But for
those who serve God in the church purchased by his Son he and his word are to
establish our message. For those in the
church the word of God is not irrelevant. His commands are not luxuries we obey or not on whim. For those who claim to know and serve Jesus
Christ our first obligation is fidelity to him and not to the mob screaming “great
is Artemis of the Ephesians.” If those
in the church are going to tell him “no” and advise his people to ignore his
word then they need first to resign their position and renounce their
vows.
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2013/06/14/common-fault-lines-in-maintaining-an-evangelical-approach-to-homosexuality/
