Is blessing same-sex marriages a Pandora’s Box?
Here’s an email correspondence with a friend who was worried about whether blessing same-sex marriage in the church would be a slippery slope for our ethics: Friend: Can you help me answer a few of these questions: If we affirm homosexuals because they are “born that way” when clearly it is at the least not the natural ideal, then what would keep us from affirming someone who is born with a propensity to steal, or lie, or fornicate, or any other thing? A huge component to following the narrow way of Christ is denying our “natural” selves. Along those lines, what would you do if a leader in your ministry said they don’t think the passages about sex outside of marriage apply to today, and they will be sleeping with whoever they want. They point out that it's really just a few passages that mention this. If I’m open to accepting a different opinion on this issue, why not any and every issue? What is the Pandora’s box of sin we would be opening if we allowed this? Me: Glad to help. I ...