Giglio's homosexual views forbids Obama's benediction prayer
Linking you to the top Christian blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living. This week several posts related to the uproar over Pastor Lou Giglio ’s invitation to offer the benediction at President Obama’s second inaugural ceremony. Giglio is Pastor of Atlanta ’s Passion City Church . He is also founder of the Passion movement that brings tens of thousands of Christian young people together, urging a rising generation of young Christians to make a passionate commitment to Christ. In recent years, the movement has also sought to raise awareness and activism among young Christians on the issue of sex trafficking. It was that activism that caught the attention of both President Obama and the Presidential Inaugural Committee . In a statement released to the White House and the Presidential Inaugural Committee, Giglio said that he withdrew because of the furor that emerged after a liberal wa...