Two excellent posts worth reading HERE and HERE. Pastor Doug Wilson writes about the need to make the distinction between refugees from the world and advocates of the world. Highlights below, but the whole posts are worth reading.

“We have divided the world with false antitheses — like gay and straight, for example. But the real antithesis is repentant and unrepentant, and our language and demeanor must reflect that.”

“…if the hate crimes legislation is passed and signed into law, every faithful pastor in America will make sure he commits a “hate crime” the following Sunday in his pulpit. And in that same message, if he is worth his salt, he will extend the hand of grace to every struggling sinner there. Come, and welcome, he will say, to Jesus Christ.”

“So then, balance. And the balances we use must be those assigned to us in Scripture — all of Scripture. Can the goo-theologians find soaring passages in the Bible about inclusion and acceptance? Sure. Can our aspiring Tishbites find thundering denunciations of sin within the camp? Sure. So let’s do both. Make everybody mad.”