Another Example of How Evangelicals Can Make Jesus Seem Ugly

Chuck Colson asks the important question of the day
Bigotry or Obedience?

Imp Ape says it's bigotry based on ignorance. It represents a failure of many Evangelicals to come to terms with the real world, as made God it. All this makes God seem ugly and perhaps even evil to many, many people of integrity and compassion who are outside our Evangelical tradition.

Now here's another sin and a shame

from today's Breakpoint commentary comes varnished and blackened truth for those who have closed eyes to see with and stopped ears to hear.....

"..........."Our argument," the bishop continues, "is that if homosexuals see themselves as deviants who have gone astray, the Christian spirit would plead for patience and prayers to make room for their repentance. When Scripture says something is wrong and some people say that it is right, such people make God a liar."
That's the real issue here, and that's the issue Christians must continue to focus on. There's certainly room for discussion of Bishop Akinola's views and how he relates to homosexuals. But let's not forget why he and the U.S. churches now under his oversight are doing what they're doing: It is because they choose orthodoxy. They believe in the Word of God, and they will obey it. That's what we all need to be concerned about, whether the media gets it right or not. "


ImpApe's editrorial note:

I respect Chuck Colson for many of the things he stands for and the work he has done, but to pitch his tent in the camp that insists that people, who are born different, must first see themselves as deviant and repent of how they were made is to leave the camp that Jesus is bivouacking. One statement from today's Breakpoint commentary may indicate that Chuck is a little unsure of all that the 'hatefilled' bishop has said. I hope and pray that he looks closer at what he has aligned himself with and decides to help the evangelical church repent of its false exclusivity and its hurtful prejudices.