It was great to renew ties with Kent Paris, counselor from Nehemiah Ministries in Urbana, Il this past Sunday.
Kent was here to share with both Epic and Exchange communities on the topic of our faith, scripture and dealing with homosexuality. It was the conclusion to our Adversity and Taboo series. The two teaching were a little different so you might want to pick up the CD or Podcast of the one you didn’t hear.
Always hard to stay biblically accurate and seasoned with grace but Kent did a great job with the topic he has been addressing for over thirty years and experienced personally.
Homosexuality is on an equal par with all sexually immoral behavior. That is hard for all people to hear including Christians. For some reason we at times want to make it worse than adultery or pre-marital sex etc. Scot has done a great job teaching on the whole sexuality topic and certainly left no doubts about our stance on that moral issue. Homosexuality is like all of those other things God disapproves of.
Our challenge as followers of Jesus is to love those who are in sin just as he did. We aren’t to throw stones but are to love and value each human as Jesus would. Value however does not mean condone or ignore obvious immoral behavior. Those behaviors hurt all kinds of people and make our lives less than what God intends.
This issue will continue to be one we all need to pray about as we publicly address with those we deal with every day. We are to be salt and light and not hiding in the dark! Keep praying the price loved ones!
