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It's time to be blunt about Andy Stanley and male lover Christians
By Michael Brown, Op-ed Contributor
I do my best to be sensitive in the language I employ, not wanting to drive people away from a life-giving message because of controversial terminology. Yet there are times when being terse is essential, and now is one of those times. That is why Pastor Andy Stanley must be called out publicly for inviting practicing homosexuals to speak at his Unconditional Conference. The fact that these men claim to be dedicated Christians makes the sin all the more grievous.
I’m speaking specifically of Justin Lee and Brian Nietzel, both of whom are not only openly “gay Christians” but are also “married” to their same-sex partners. This means that, according to the plain teaching of Scripture, they will not inherit the Kingdom of God (see 1 Corinthians 6:9-10) and their actions are detestable in His sight (Leviticus 18:22).
Justin and Brian might be very gracious and kind men. Their partners might be terrific people in many ways. They might even model certain aspects of Christian compassion and grace and profess some orthodox beliefs. But that only magnifies the level of deception committed, si
Plenty of folks are lamenting Andy Stanley’s decision to host a pro-gay conference this weekend at his North Point mega-church.
Good. We all should grieve when formative pastors embrace heresy. But this was predictable before it was lamentable.
What else could we expect from a pastor who rebuked a parishioner 11 years ago for being in a relationship with another man, not because it was homosexual, but because the other man was married? (See HERE) Or from one who recently preached a sermon extolling gay churchgoers, gushing “The men and women I know who are gay, their faith and their confidence in God dwarfs mine.”
But Stanley’s drift, obvious for over a decade on this and other key matters (see HERE and HERE for example) indicates problems with us as well
as him.
One of those problems is our habit of either winking at a leader’s serious error, or reacting to it way too long after the proof. A heretical drift in direction calls for 911.
“Who You Callin’ A Heretic?”
Stanley’s not alone in that drift. By hosting a pro-gay conference he joins the ranks of other teachers who gained influence then morphed from Gifted to Bad to Inaccurate. (Think Rob Bell;Jen Hatmak
Andy Stanley Responds to Criticism of Conference for Parents of LGBTQ Kids
Stanley told his congregation the church is pledged to the New Testament sexual ethic and biblical definition of marriage.
“They pray, they beg God to take it away,” Andy Stanley said about gay attracted persons in his message on Sunday, according to the Christian Display . “They are literally nervous they are going to Hell, not because of anything they’ve done, but because of who they are.”
Stanley spoke to his congregation about the Unconditional Conference hosted by North Point Church near Atlanta over the weekend “for Christian parents with Gay children, ministry leaders, and health care professionals.” The church did not dwell stream the message as it usually does.
Before the conference, Stanley was criticized for his stance on homosexuality by evangelical leaders, including Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert Mohler, who described the conference’s message as “a departure from historic normative biblical Christianity.”
Stanley responded, saying Mohler’s “version of biblical Christianity is the problem.”
“His version, this version of biblical Christianity, is why people are lea
Andy Stanley's Church is NOT the "Safest Place in the World" for My Gay Teen
*Trigger warning: Suicide ideation*
In 2017, I watched my daughter, Kat, sit on stage ready to be baptized. A woman who was standing next to her said in front of the whole audience, “One of my favorite things about you is the fire and the beam that you possess in you for the kids. You’re there every Sunday, worshipping and primary a small community. It is my honor to baptize you today.”
I was so proud of my daughter that day. She was 15 and passionately devoted to God and her church. I was delighted to be in a church where the senior pastor, Andy Stanley, once preached that the “church should be the safest place on the space body for gay teens.” I couldn’t possess expected then what would happen a year later.
Last June, my daughter showed up to church to lead worship in the elementary environment. The identical woman, Christy, who had baptized her told her that morning that because she had reach out as homosexual on Instagram, she could no longer serve in management, meaning she could no longer be a worship public figure or lead her second-grade small collective. She was, however, allowed to volunteer in other ways, su