Sadly, on October 16, 2023 it seems like the world is ready to wage another war.  As if the war between Ukraine and Russia were not enough, we are ready to begin another war in the middle- east between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas.  Today, the world awaits the imminent invasion of Gaza, where 2.38 million Palestinians live.

My wife shakes her head, saying “why can’t people live together in peace?” 

It is a good question.

This past year has been a year of strife and separation in my church as a social issue has rocked the church.  As of June of this year, 5,800 churches have left the United Methodist Church over the issue of LGBTQ+ participation in the church [conducting same-sex weddings and LGBTQ+ leadership].  This year alone, 4,172 congregations left the church. 

“Why can’t people live together in peace?”

Besides my wife, maybe Pastor Preston Sprinkle thinks this too, for the next post will be from his book People To Be Loved: Why Homosexuality is Not Just an Issue. Sprinkle states that he is trying to bring peace and mutual understanding to this issue.

Peter Gomes was a homosexual pastor at Harvard University, and I have commented on his book The Good Book.  Kevin DeYoung is a straight pastor with a church in Matthews North Carolina.  DeYoung absolutely disagrees with Pastor Gomes.  I have commented on his book What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality.

Sprinkle tries to “bridge the gap” between these two opposing views.  The next post will be from his book and I will focus on Chapter Three: “From Sex in the City to Law and Order.”

We will see if a gap gets “bridged.”