What's 'Incredibly Damaging To The Gospel,' Joshua Harris, Are Your Lies

What's 'Incredibly Damaging To The Gospel,' Joshua Harris, Are Your Lies - Katy Faust

Katy Faust of Them Before Us writes:

"The denial of sexual and marital norms by believers is often adjacent to a rejection of the core tenets of the faith. That's because to arrive at these 'inclusive' and 'affirming' positions on marriage, Christians must exalt intoxicants such as emotion over uncompromising scripture, tradition, and natural law. Once you shift the authority from sola scriptura to sola feels, it's only a matter of time before every other orthodox teaching finds itself on the woke chopping block....

"There are many areas in this Christian life where honest believers can disagree. Sex and marriage is not one of them. No amount of textual contortions can land you in a place where God affirms same-sex marriage because in scripture (and law), marriage is connected to parenting. Redefining marriage, in a Christian or cultural context, redefines parenthood in a way that makes mothers or fathers optional in the life of a child. That's a problem because Christians are repeatedly commanded to protect the fatherless, not create them.

"That's why biblical prescriptions on sex and marriage result in safeguarding the rights of children. Adults directing their sexual appetites into lifelong heterosexual union sets children up for success. When we fully understand the transformative nature of the gospel, adults have the power to conform their lives to God's good design, and children are the primary beneficiaries."