Andy stanley on gays

The most controversial conference speakers were Justin Lee and Brian Nietzel, whom Stanley described as “two married gay men” who are also “Christ-followers today.”. Christians who once identified as homosexual have mixed opinions about recent remarks made by Pastor Andy Stanley, in which the megachurch leader said that LGBT individuals who go to church have “more faith than a lot of you.”. Andy Stanley, pastor of an Atlanta-based megachurch, spoke out from the pulpit Sunday after he led a controversial, two-day conference geared toward “support [ing] parents and LGBTQ+ children in their churches.”.

Recently, the remarks made by Pastor Andy Stanley regarding the faith of the LGBTQ+ community have sparked mixed opinions among Christians. In the clip posted on Twitter, Stanley praised the resilience and unwavering faith of individuals who identify as gay but still choose to attend church, despite the church's past treatment towards their.

In the comments Stanley made Sunday morning, he publicly affirmed the traditional view that marriage is meant to be between one man and one woman while also emphasizing the need for compassion for those with LGBTQ+ identities. We can unpack that at another time. At the time. At the same time that the conference was going on, I was in Canada for a week teaching college and grad students about faith and culture.

I hope you will do the same with the kids you know, love, and lead. First, good and faithful theology matters and it has to be consciously read, studied, and embraced. Theology is not optional. If it is not explicitly taught, it is still being taught.

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How can we tell people what to do without first telling them what to believe? Those of us who choose to answer only that second question while avoiding answering the first. Eventually, those who avoid belief to jump right to behavior occasion a situation where suddenly belief is now downstream from behavior. Our habits do indeed form.

Second, those of us who teach and lead. This is especially true in our interactions with our kids, who developmentally are at a point where they are easily influenced and choosing now what to believe and how to behave for the rest of their lives. Our efforts at knowing and communicating truth have to be on point and constant. Third, we are fooling ourselves to think that we are helping our kids when we equate love with affirmation.

Do any of us seriously believe that we are faithfully and obediently doing our job as youth workers or parents when we simply encourage kids to live into any and every desire they have and feel? If you are still wondering about leaving our kids to their own inclinations, re-read your copy of Lord of the Flies. Yes, we have to have to show sensitivity, grace, and deep ongoing kindness to any kid who is grappling with any kind of broken desire or sinful behavior.

There is no compromising on that fact. Love looks out for the best and it communicates truths. I need it. You need it. Our kids need it. And, in the context of sensitive, grace-filled, and kind relationships, truth can and will be heard. It breaks my heart to hear a growing host of de-transitioners calling out those who simply affirmed and lied to them when they were younger. Fifth, pronouns offer us an option to lie or to tell the truth.

Again, well-intentioned. However, this is horribly min-informed.

In the first place, we are called to be truth-tellers. I want to be a trusted truth-teller. You and I can and must pursue relationships of care, love, grace, and concern by telling the truth. In this book, I emphasize that male and female, after being established at conception, are permanent. I urge parents to be honest and consistent with their children, and to at all times stay grounded in biological reality.