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Al Mohler demolishes Vines Gay homosexual marriage book

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Mohler, colleagues publish e-book refuting new book, ‘ God   and   the  Gay Christian’ Cover of God and the Gay Christian? A Response to Matthew Vines, edited by R. Albert Mohler Jr. , published by SBTS Press as part of its new “CONVERSANT” series. A new book’s “exceedingly dangerous” assertions that homosexual orientation and gay marriage are consistent with a high view of the Bible is refuted by President R. Albert Mohler Jr. and four of his colleagues at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an e-book, published today. God and the Gay Christian? A Response to Matthew Vines  released this morning, the same day as the official release of Vines’ volume,  God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships , which has garnered significant attention in the days leading up to its release. Vines, a 24-year-old former Harvard student, weaves his personal biography of growing up as an evangelical Christian and “...

Speak truth, show compassion: Christians and homosexuality

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English: Al Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) An article in the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly describes how churches affiliated with Unitarian/Universalist and Episcopal denominations have embraced same-sex relationships. But the embrace isn’t limited to liberal churches. For many younger evangelicals, “you can believe homosexuality is a sin and still believe that same-sex marriage should be legal.” Others take it one step further and say things like “Is Homosexuality a sin? I. Do. Not. Care.” As Erick Erickson of Red State.org put it, younger evangelicals “want the world to like them and to think them a part of the world.” For them, remaining silent about these issues is part of what it means to love your neighbor. Well, Al Mohler begs to differ. In a recent piece on his website, Mohler asked “can we count on evangelicals to remain steadfastly biblical on [the issue of homosexuality]?” His reply: “Not hardly.” He n...

Andy Stanley, Al Mohler, and Homosexuality

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Author of article: Andrew Marin. Andrew forgets to mention that this backslidden man and his partner sort to serve in another North Point Church hence indicating their lack of understanding of the gravity and offense of the sin of homosexuality .  Second, (it appears) Stanley did not follow biblical discipline on the father and his partner because the campus pastor(s) of the other site either was not aware of the situation by allowing them to fulfill hosting roles or they simply accommodated the situation. This is standard behaviour perform your sin, leave church and go quietly to another without confession of sin. Thatis what occurred here and ahppens in many church when people seek to hide sin.  Andrew incorrectly stacks Mohler's worldview against Stanley. This is not correct. ........................................................................................................... Andrew Marin's article: Recently North Point Community Church 's senior pastor Andy St...