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The Federalist  ran a story yesterday about a certain pastor ’s appearance on  The View . One of the hosts asked him what his church teaches about homosexuality and abortion . The pastor dodged the question. Another host, Joy Behar , followed up by asking very specifically whether abortion is a sin. Still, the pastor could not bring himself to say that abortion is a sin. Rather, he said that each person has to “live to their own convictions” and that God would be the judge. A few thoughts on this: 1. His answer is not sufficient. As a pastor, you have a responsibility to speak the truth in love, and it is not loving to fail to speak the truth ( 1 Cor. 13:6 ;  Eph. 4:15 ). One can do both at once, but it was not done here. “We do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God” ( 2 Cor. 4:2 ). 2. The questions are not surprising. Any pa...

The ABC Australia tried to convince  Australian Christians  that the Bible supports homosexual orientation and homosexual marriage. The ABC gathered two like minded authors to write the misleading article -  William Loader (Principal UCA WA Bible College ) and Robyn Whitaker  ( Bromby Lecturer in  Biblical Studies  at  Trinity College Theological School , Parkville Melbourne, Australia . William Loader  has written several books on homosexuality and a series of Anglican collection of essays . All of which promote the sin of homosexuality.  For example: Loader says the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in  Genesis 19  is not about homosexuality but gang rape. Then we get a glimpse of what Laoder really is thinking: Genesis 19 has nothing to say about homosexuality or mutually consenting adults of the same gender expressing their desire and love. Proponents of this new view of Sodom follow an interpretative strategy that is appropr...

“ Don’t LGBTI couples deserve equality? ” Every man and woman in Australia needs to know they’re equally valuable to God . This applies to LGBTI people just as it does for everyone else. So Christians are against any law that unfairly discriminates against an LGBTI person.  We actively supported the Same-Sex Relationships reforms in 2008 because it provided equal treatment, such as with laws to do with superannuation.  Minister Tanya Plibersek said at the time, “We removed every piece of legal discrimination against gay men, lesbians and same-sex couples on the statute books”.1 It was the right thing to do for individuals.  Today the debate isn’t really about discrimination – as Minister Plibersek says, the discrimination had been removed. It’s about changing the definition of marriage .  And when that happens, it could actually create new forms of discrimination. That’s because marriage is a compound right: the right of two adults to co...