World Views

I was surprised to learn that the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," trumps the Bible when it comes to moral issues surrounding LGBTQ behavior. So says Oliver Thomas, a retired Baptist minister, in an opinion piece appearing in The USA Today, April 29, 2019. Mr. Thomas does not believe in the inerrancy of Scripture and proceeds to build a lame case against it. Two things that bothered me the most: First, is the use of his Baptist credentials to authenticate his errant claims and second, facts do not seem to get in the way of his essay. "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." ( Sir Winston Churchill) Mr. Thomas is one such person.

Attachment: American churches, Scripture get it wrong on gays and lesbians.pdf

Easter Sunday 2019, while we were celebrating in the west, those in Sri Lanka were busy cleaning up from the carnage left behind by Islamic suicide bombers, 250 dead and many more wounded. We witness the martyrdom of Christians in Middle Eastern countries, Africa , South East Asia, China and India. The slaughter of Christians by Islamic extremists is a global crisis. Yet when high profile Christian "leaders" in the west are given an opportunity to denounce such actions they cower, afraid of the media backlash and make lame politically correct statements. Read the opinion piece in the WSJ.