What Do You Say to Evangelicals Who Affirm So-Called ‘Same-Sex Marriage’? // Ask Pastor John

When someone close to you affirms so-called “same-**** marriage,” how do you respond in both faithfulness to Scripture and love for that person?

Last summer — back when we could gather in large auditoriums — about 2,200 APJ listeners gathered together in one room in Nashville. It was a wonderful time together. And there we recorded a handful of live episodes, including the following one, intended for evangelical believers, on a perplexing trend that resurfaces every June. Here’s the clip.

So-called “same-**** marriage” has never been more popular in America, and whatever garners cultural popularity seeps into the church. You know this. According to the Pew Research Center, among white evangelicals in America, 29 percent now favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally — 29 percent of white American evangelicals. That’s up from 11 percent just fifteen years ago. So that’s a long and steady increase in a rise in affirmation among white evangelicals in America — up from 11 percent to 29 percent in fifteen years.

Bill, who is here with us this morning, asks, “Hello, Pastor John. As the LGBT movement strives to become mainstream, I’ve watched more and more believers give in to the culture by posting rainbow-colored affirmations on social media, hanging rainbow flags outside their homes, and even attending pride rallies in my city. I want to believe the best, but I am perplexed. How should we respond to fellow believers who make such affirmations?”

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