Homosexuality & Redefining Marriage

The full court press going on in our society surrounding the issue of homosexuality and re-defining marriage could not be more tangible.  

For the Christian, there will always be a tension to uphold the holiness of Christ and the love and mercy of Christ.  We must, by our very calling, both connect and yet confront the culture.  These will be days that demand great courage, great clarity, great wisdom and great peace.  Sometimes, the follower of Jesus must stand alone—misunderstood, accused, labeled, dismissed, even attacked.  It has been the way of the church since its inception.  Christians like Mary Magdalene or Athanasius or Jackie Robinson or Dietrich Bonhoeffer often found themselves standing all alone.  

Yet, in the words of Bonhoeffer in a sermon in 1934, our response is always one of peace: 

“These brothers and sisters…are not ashamed, in defiance of the world, to speak of eternal peace…Even in anguish and distress of conscience there is for them no escape from the commandment of Christ that there shall be peace.”  

The way forward is not compromise nor is it condemnation.  The way forward is a presentation of loving truth with the heart of peace.