When people come to their church leaders and say that they want help in remaining faithful to their marriage, or in knowing why and how they should reject the pressure from their friends at school, are church leaders really supposed to simply tell them that they are on their own because no help will be forthcoming?
Christians need to ignore the current criticism from sections of the press and from politicians and continue to do what they have always been called to do.
I believe that such an event ought to elicit mourning, not celebration. If we are convinced that this sexual union is sinful, how can we do otherwise?
Being judgemental for Christians and for our society has become the unpardonable sin and has placed a lot of pressure on people who are trying to live by what God's Word teaches.
The reality is that attending such an occasion is an endorsement.
Sometimes love requires you to choose Jesus over the human relationships of your life when their choices go against the life Jesus has called us to live.
It is a tiny corner of English church history. Yet, this period where people's allegiances, beliefs, practices and consciences were severely tested, has many echoes in debates and challenges across churches today.
Why Christians must be the moral people upon which a free and representative government depends.
We can help or hinder Christian leaders in their roles, and placing them on pedestals, even higher than our Lord provides a foundation for pride and a context for a fall.
Whether or not we believe in the existence of the satanic, we have to be aware of the implications for the stability of society when we celebrate the disruptive, the overthrow of cultural norms and the relentless pursuit of the transnormative and 'alternative'.
There is no doubt that the term "evangelical" does not mean what it used to mean, especially to the general public.
Followers of Jesus are called to stand up for anyone who's being mistreated or oppressed.
Christians need to be prepared to stand up and say that abortion is morally wrong. However, Christians cannot stop there. There are three other things they have to do.
