DO YOU LOVE ENOUGH TO SPEAK THE WHOLE TRUTH?

Mardi Gras is a taxpayer supported "heterosexual" festival in New Orleans...
What if that were the focus of the post by Pastor Tom, would he speak of the intolerance of all heterosexuals because of the decadent behavior of a few? I have known a couple of dozen homosexuals and only one or two of them have ever flaunted their sexuality in public to any extent that I witnessed. Overwhelmingly, the gays and lesbians I know simply want to live their lives quietly permitted to have their private lives remain private just like heterosexuals.

Is there something wrong with the decadence in public that this street fair represents? Sure, just like the drunken debauchery at Mardi Gras and spring break. Fortunately, events like these are predictable in that they happen at arranged times in specific places and thus are avoidable by the general public who doesn't want to see that sort of thing.

As for love enough to speak the truth, I'll take the encouragement to heart and loving all of you who read this enough, I want to warn you that faith without works is dead. I also want to warn you that God cares a whole lot about the needs of people who are poor. In fact Christ is present among you right now in the form of people who are sick, hungry, homeless and in prison. He is waiting to see you. On these things the Bible is most definitely clear, certainly clearer than on the issue of committed, loving relationships between members of the same sex.

Blog you later,
Pastor Ian