Why Some Call Us “UnChristian”
Doug
A radical Baptist church in Kansas said it intends to protest Heath Ledger’s memorial service with signs claiming the actor died and is in Hell because he played a gay character in “Brokeback Mountain.”
One member said, “You cannot live in defiance of God. He got on that big screen with a big, fat message: God is a liar and it’s OK to be gay.”
Sadly, the response from this church toward Heath Ledger’s death typifies how many people perceive Christians, namely, judgmental and antihomsexual. I’m not saying that Heath Ledger is a homosexual. I am saying that this kind of response toward Ledger gives the world (and especially the gay community) more reasons to dislike Christians.
David Kinnamon, in his book UnChristian, claims that many people in the gay community don’t seem to have issues with Jesus but rather with those claiming to represent Jesus. But instead of articulating a biblical perspective and living out a biblical response to homosexuals, Kinnamon’s research demonstrates how inconsistent and uncompassionate–how unChristian–we have been.
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January 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 pm
You statments have true validity
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:23 pm
I did a post on those nuts a couple of months ago regarding them losing a lawsuit (Baltimore?) brought against them for picketing a soldier’s funeral with the same vitriolic message. (“Father Wins Lawsuit”)There have been ordinances passed to keep them out in some places!! Can you imagine the heartlessness? I don’t know whether you have seen their website or if you’re interested, but rather than put it here (it ‘ain’t nowhere’ on my blog, either!!), e-mail me and I’ll send it to you. It is by far the most hateful MISrepresentation of Christianity I have ever seen.
Two of my cousins are gay and this is the type of behavior they have a problem with. On the other hand, I know from experience in other areas of my life how convenient satan and his minions hand over excuses. It’s difficult to explain to nonbelievers, as it is, and this just adds a hurdle.
Poor Keith, I read that there were sleeping pills found near him and that he & his wife had separated. Sad, but I will now be watching to see if they manage to keep the Phelps away.
God’s Blessings!
January 24th, 2008 at 2:33 am
I actually realized later what I typed while I was talking to my sister, whose husband is ‘Keith’…not much of a multi-tasker, I guess! LOL
I checked out a little more of your blog and enjoy your stories. Well-written to where the reader wants to know what happens and/or how you’re going to tie it together. Well done!
January 24th, 2008 at 5:43 am
Amen to your post. May God have mercy.
And many are going to come to Christ when they see this protest at his funeral. Right. They are going to say, “I want what they got”. Right.