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Alistair Begg — The Christian Approach To Homosexuality

Alistair Begg tells us that Christians should neither hate, nor affirm, homosexuality. As he says, “Homosexual people are either hated, or they are affirmed... The Christian actually does neither... We cannot hate because of God’s Word, and we cannot affirm because of God’s Word. And we have to be prepared to say that we are unprepared to rewrite the Bible.” ------ ADDITIONAL NOTE About a year after this was recorded, Begg, during an interview at the end of 2023, has told a woman to go to her grandson's wedding to a “transgender,” that is, a man pretending to be a woman. His reason for saying such a thing? He said going to such a gay wedding helps to “build bridges,” and for the people to think you're not judgmental. You can find it here:    • ‘The Christian Manifesto’ Interview — 09/1...   (starts at the 28:25 mark), and alternatively here: https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/ser.... A “transgender” wedding is a homosexual wedding: 1) it violates Deuteronomy 22:5; 2) it violates Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Jude 7; Romans 1:26-28; and 3) it violates Genesis 1:27; 2:24; Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7; Ephesians 5:31. In that interview, Begg did mention that the grandmother had already told her grandson that she thinks homosexuality is a sin. Sadly, Begg then tells her to go to the gay wedding since the grandson already knows what she thinks of homosexuality. Marriage is a picture of Christ and His Church. Faux marriage should not be celebrated with gifts or attendance. It shouldn't be hard to understand this. The only bridges worth building are the ones showing that your loyalty to Christ supersedes your loyalty to family and friends. It is better to forsake and be forsaken by all, even family, than to forsake and be forsaken by Christ. Attending same-sex marriages only shows the world that your love for them is greater than your love for the Christ whom you claim to follow. I pray Begg has repented of telling that grandmother she should support her grandson's sin (and that's what a gay marriage is: sin). ------ UPDATE 2 Begg was dropped by AFR (American Family Radio) because of his comments. They reached out to Truth For Life, and the representatives of TFL said “he has no regrets, he didn’t misspeak.” ------ UPDATE 3 Begg made a very short comment on the issue during the morning service (Jan 28, 2024), in which he said: “My colleagues felt it would be good if I said something about it, I don’t want to do it now as it goes out into cyberspace, but I’m happy to do it for our church family. I said jokingly, in making an attempt at compassion, I ended up starting a massive fire. I would have fully anticipated some of the other things I’ve said would’ve been far more inflammatory than this, but we should’ve known that Begg wouldn’t manage compassion.” You can find it at    • Alistair Begg's Bold Take On The Trans Wed...   (she caught it during the live stream, but the live stream is no longer available). Truth For Life has decided to use the evening service sermon rather than the morning one, which the quote above comes from. In the evening service, he also tackled the issue, and this is what he said: “I have never been a product of American fundamentalism. I come from a world in which it is possible for people to actually grasp the fact that there are nuances… I’m not ready to repent over this, I don’t have to… If I'm gonna go down… I'll go down on the side of compassion, with people just accusing me of just weakness, rather than go down on the side of condemnation which closes any doors of opportunities of future engagement with those who know exactly what we believe... My response to a grandmother I never met was not a blanket recommendation to all Christians to attend LGBTQ weddings... If I was misguided in any way, was [because] I allowed my grandfatherly hat to take over. It was my personal opinion as I sensed what was best.” ------ LAST UPDATE (enough is enough) At what point do a pastor's blind spots become too sinful for you to not be able to ignore anymore? If a pastor who's always been solid tells you to go against the principles of Scripture, how is he not in sin? How can you sweep this under the rug? Where do you draw the line? Galatians 5:9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. ------ Source: https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/ser...    • “Sojourners and Exiles”   Backup of the original source (in case the source is no longer available): https://rumble.com/v3r0h7g-alistair-begg-s... https://web.archive.org/web/20231105013430...