In a sermon recorded 15 years earlier, Giglio had said: "If you look at the counsel of the word of God — Old Testament, New Testament — you come quickly to the conclusion that homosexuality is not an alternate lifestyle. ... Homosexuality is sin. It is sin in the eyes of God, and it is sin according to the word of God."
Clearly, these words are highly offensive to defenders of the sexual revolution. Indeed, times have changed.
Giglio's words, said Stetzer, were "simply mainstream evangelical expressions of what traditional Christians have believed for 2,000 years. ... But what we are learning is that a growing majority of Americans no longer feel comfortable with words like 'sin.' "
Terry Mattingly directs the Washington Journalism Center at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Contact him at tmattingly@cccu.org or www.tmatt.net.
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Yes, our view of morality has changed over time. Thank goodness!
We no longer believe that eating shellfish a sin.
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Mr. Mattingly starts with a valid point - that moral behav ior has changed over the past 40 years - but he then he finds it necessary to turn this into a political rant.
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If repubs and conservatives are so moral then why are the southern (protestant) states leading the way in abortion, teen pregnancy, and STDs?