Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel

by Russell D. Moore

This means we ought to stand for Christian conviction, and also avoid ridicule or hostility toward those who disagree. We ought to love our gay and lesbian neighbors. We ought to serve and care for our serially-divorcing or cohabiting neighbors. The loudest voices against, for example, the hounding and intimidation of gay and lesbian persons around the world should be from the wing of the church most committed to a biblical Christian sexual ethic. The people most concerned about working to end gay and lesbian homelessness, for kids who’ve been thrown out of their homes by parents who’ve rejected them, ought to be those who believe the full counsel of God on these matters. The people most willing to love and receive strippers and porn stars and prostitutes who need to be seen for more than the use of their parts, ought to be the church of Jesus Christ.