TODAY ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
AMERICA IS BEING CONNED, DEAR FRIENDS,
AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE SERIOUS.
GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, I WAS AMONG THEM,
WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE HOMOSEXUALITY LOOK WHOLESOME,
AND WE WERE EXTREMELY STRATEGIC ABOUT IT.
WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
I’M PASTOR ROB PACIENZA.
THE ENEMY OF OUR SOULS IS QUICK TO TWIST, OBSCURE,
AND MISUSE THE WORD OF GOD TO LEAD PEOPLE ASTRAY
CALLING THINGS THAT ARE EVIL “GOOD” AND
CALLING THINGS THAT ARE GOOD “EVIL.”
AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING AROUND US TODAY,
AS SEXUAL SELF-EXPRESSION IS HELD TO BE THE HIGHEST VIRTUE,
AND PROCLAIMING GOD’S DESIGN IS CALLED HATRED.
ON TODAY’S PROGRAM, WE’LL DISCOVER THE ABSOLUTE CLARITY
WITH WHICH GOD’S WORD SPEAKS TO THIS.
AND WE BEGIN BY INTRODUCING YOU TO A REMARKABLE WOMAN
WHO HAS EXPERIENCED AND EVEN PROMOTED
THE CULTURAL LIES FROM THE INSIDE.
AND NOW INVESTIGATES THEM THROUGH A LITERARY MIND
TRAINED BY GOD’S WORD.
SHE’S MY DEAR FRIEND ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD,
AND OUR OWN CHRISTINA VIDAL BRINGS US HER STORY.
THE BIBLE'S NARRATIVE IS SO DIFFERENT
FROM THE WORLD'S NARRATIVE,
THAT IT SOMETIMES MAKES IT ALMOST STRIKING
TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE.
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE ALL OF THE EXCHANGES IN ROMANS ONE.
THE EXCHANGE OF TRUTH FOR LIES,
THE EXCHANGE OF HETEROSEXUALITY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
AND THE EXCHANGE FOR THE WORSHIP OF CREATURE
TO THE WORSHIP OF CREATOR
HAS NOT ONLY BEEN CODIFIED,
BUT IT'S CODIFIED IN THE LAWS OF THE LAND.
“TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS"
YOU HAVE THE OBERGEFELL DECISION,
WHICH LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE IN ALL 50 STATES
CHANGED THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF HARM
FROM A MATERIAL HARM, LOSS OF JOB TO AN EMOTIONAL HARM,
YOU'RE NOT CALLING ME BY MY FALSE PRONOUNS.
YOU'RE BASICALLY NOT LYING TO ME IN THE WAY I WANT YOU TO,
TO THE BOSTOCK DECISION THAT WAS
A SUPREME COURT DECISION IN 2020.
THAT ADDED LGBTQ TO THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.
SO WHAT IS LGBTQ NOW?
IT IS A PROTECTED CIVIL RIGHTS CATEGORY.
YOU KNOW, WORLDVIEWS HAVE CONSEQUENCES,
BAD ONES HAVE CASUALTIES.
FOR INSTANCE,
UNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BOSTOCK DECISION,
STATES COULD GRANT BROAD ACCESS TO WHAT THE LGBT LOBBY CALLS
“GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE” -EVEN FOR MINORS.
BEFORE THE BOSTOCK DECISION, WE HAD ONLY ONE GENDER CLINIC
THAT CHILDREN COULD ACCESS IN THE UNITED STATES,
NOW WE HAVE AT LEAST 271 GENDER CLINICS.
APPROXIMATELY 300,000 TEENS AGES 13-17
IT IS NOW PITTING PARENTS AGAINST THEIR OWN CHILDREN
AND CREATING CHAOS IN FAMILIES
AND CAUSING DIVISION IN OUR CHURCHES.
STAY AWAY FROM ANDY STANLEY,
STAY AWAY FROM PRESTON SPRINKLES,
STAY AWAY FROM CRU - STAY AWAY FROM THESE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN’T SPEAK TRUTH CLEARLY.
THE BIBLE IS NOT AMBIGUOUS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY.
IT DOESN’T SAY THAT IF YOU FEEL HOMOSEXUAL FEELINGS
YOU’RE A DIFFERENT KIND OF MAN OR A DIFFERENT KIND OF WOMAN.
WE HAVE A GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT THAT IS INSIDE THE CHURCH.
THIS MOVEMENT THAT THINKS IT'S MORE MERCIFUL THAN GOD
IS ACTUALLY JUST A MOVEMENT OF MAN PLEASING.
THAT'S ALL IT IS.
ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD IS AN ADVOCATE FOR PARENTAL RIGHTS,
AN EDUCATOR AND A CHRISTIAN AUTHOR.
IN HER LATEST BOOK ENTITLED
FIVE LIES OF OUR ANTI-CHRISTIAN AGE,
SHE TEARS DOWN THE FALSE IDEOLOGIES THAT HAVE INVADED OUR
CULTURE AND HAVE SEDUCED OUR CHURCHES INTO BECOMING ALLIES
WITH THE SIN OF HOMOSEXUALITY.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING AN ALLY IS
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST DOES NOT BECOME AN ALLY TO THE SIN
IT PAYS FOR ON THE CROSS.
AND SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING AN ALLY?
IT PUTS SIN ON LIFE SUPPORT, AND IT DEFIES THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
BUT IN THE 80’S AND 90’S, ROSARIA RALLIED
FOR THE LIES OF THIS AGE-AND WAS A SELF-DESCRIBED
RADICAL FEMINIST LESBIAN PROFESSOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
I HELPED BUILD THE EVIL IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN NOW.
ABSOLUTELY, I SEE THAT EVERY DAY.
HAVING BEEN ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF
THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN NEW YORK,
HAVING BEEN THE PERSON THAT DID SPEAK BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE,
AND VERY MUCH WAS HIRED MENTOR,
TENURED AT SYRACUSE TO MAKE HOMOSEXUALITY LOOK WHOLESOME.
AND WE WERE EXTREMELY STRATEGIC ABOUT IT.
KNOWN AS ROSARIA CHAMPAGNE UNTIL THE LATE 90’S,
SHE WORKED LABORIOUSLY FOR FEMINIST CAUSES AND GAY RIGHTS.
A TENURED PROFESSOR AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY,
HER MOST POPULAR CLASSES WERE IN FEMINIST QUEER THEORY
WITH CORE BELIEFS DRAWN FROM
DARWINIAN, MARXIST, AND FREUDIAN WORLDVIEWS.
ROSARIA WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE POST-MODERN
LGBTQ POLITICAL MOVEMENT IN NEW YORK
THAT HELPED FOSTER THE CULTURAL AVALANCHE
IN SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAWS NATIONWIDE.
WE WERE TRYING VERY HARD TO REPRESENT OURSELVES AS VICTIMS,
VICTIMS OF A HOMOPHOBIC WORLD.
AND SO I CO-WROTE THE UNIVERSITY'S FIRST POLICY ON
DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS WHICH WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE COULD
GIVE A KIND OF LEGAL CATEGORY FOR YOUR LIVE-IN LOVER,
AND PUT THAT PERSON ON YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ROLLED OVER
INTO GAY MARRIAGE LAWS,
FIRST DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP POLICIES, AND THEN GAY MARRIAGE.
IN 1997, A PROMISE KEEPERS RALLY
COMING TO SYRACUSE PROMPTED ROSARIA
TO WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT WHAT SHE BELIEVED WAS
A PATRIARCHAL WHITE HETEROSEXUAL CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION.
THE SYRACUSE NEWSPAPER GAVE ME AN ENTIRE BACK PAGE
THEY GAVE ME THIS TITLE,
PROMISE KEEPERS MESSAGE IS A DANGER TO DEMOCRACY.
I GOT HATE MAIL, I GOT FAN MAIL.
ONE OF THE PIECES OF MAIL THOUGH,
WAS NEITHER HATE MAIL NOR FAN MAIL,
WHICH MADE IT INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE
I'D MUCH RATHER JUST HAVE PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH IDEAS.
AND ONE PERSON DID, AND THAT WAS PASTOR KEN SMITH
FROM THE SYRACUSE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
AND HE WROTE A VERY KIND LETTER.
AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WOW, THIS IS PHENOMENAL.
THIS IS MY UNPAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT FOR THE BOOK
THAT I'M GOING TO WRITE ON THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.
HE DOESN'T MIND ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE
WHO THINK DIFFERENTLY THAN HE, THAN HE THINKS.
KEN AND FLOY SMITH SAID,
OH, YOU'RE WRITING A BOOK ON THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.
FANTASTIC.
AND YOU HAVE TO READ THE BIBLE TO WRITE THAT BOOK EVEN BETTER.
AND SO WE STARTED READING THE BIBLE TOGETHER.
I THOUGHT I WAS GRILLING THEM.
AND THEY WERE EVANGELIZING ME.
AND IT WAS PERFECT.
I PROBABLY HAD 500 MEALS IN THEIR HOME.
PASTOR KEN SMITH AND HIS WIFE FLOY WELCOMED ROSARIA
INTO THEIR HOME ON A WEEKLY BASIS
WHERE THEIR RADICAL HOSPITALITY ALLOWED
HER TO ASK ANYTHING ABOUT THE BIBLE
AND NO QUESTION WAS OFF LIMITS.
ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE WERE WALKING IN.
BIBLES WERE OPEN.
ANYTHING COULD GO, YOU COULD ASK ANY QUESTION.
THEY PRAYED.
AND THEY PUT ALL OF THEIR PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS
AT THIS PLACE CALLED THE THRONE OF GRACE.
AND THEN THERE WAS THIS PALPABLE PEACE
WHEREVER PEOPLE WERE DISAGREEING.
I DON'T KNOW YOU WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN KNOWN IT.
IT WAS STRIKING.
AND SO THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT I COULD TASTE AND FEEL
THAT THE LORD WAS GOOD.
AT THE END OF THE MEAL, THEY WOULD OPEN THEIR BIBLE,
THEY SANG A SONG AND THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
WE WERE SINGING PSALM 23.
AND I REMEMBER I WOULDN'T KNOW WHY.
BUT I WAS NURSING A BIG, BIG DOSE OF LESBIAN VICTIMIZATION.
I'M LIKE, I'M THE ONLY LESBIAN HERE.
I'M A VICTIM.
THESE PEOPLE DON'T REALLY LIKE ME.
AND THEN YOU THE SONG TURNS.
AND THERE'S A LINE ABOUT DINING IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES.
AND I THOUGHT,
“YEAH, HERE I AM, DINING IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES.”
AND THEN ALMOST, I MEAN,
IT WAS KIND OF A LIGHTNING BOLT MOMENT FOR ME, I REALIZE,
“NO, I'M THE ENEMY.”
THEY ARE DINING IN THE PRESENCE OF THEIR ENEMY, ME.
AND THEY LOVED ME ENOUGH TO TELL ME THAT.
SINGING PSALM AND “AMEN”
AND AT A CERTAIN POINT, ABOUT TWO YEARS IN,
AFTER I HAD READ THE BIBLE SEVEN TIMES,
AND IT WAS STARTING TO WORK ON ME.
IT WAS STARTING TO DO THE THING IT DOES.
BECAUSE THE BIBLE WAS STARTING TO
GET TO BE BIGGER INSIDE ME THAN I
FRIENDS IN ROSARIA’S TIGHT-KNIT LGBT COMMUNITY
STARTED TO TAKE NOTICE THAT SHE WAS CHANGING.
ONE OF HER FRIENDS, A BIOLOGICAL MALE
WHO WENT BY THE NAME JILL EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN.
AT ONE POINT, IT WAS JILL WHO PULLED ME ASIDE AND SAID,
SOMETHING'S CHANGING, AND IT'S SCARING ME.
AND I SAID, WELL, I'M READING THE BIBLE.
AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT IF YOU THINK IT'S TRUE?
SEE, BECAUSE I KIND OF THINK IT'S TRUE.
AND IF IT IS TRUE, IF JESUS IS REAL AND RISEN,
THEN EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS IN TROUBLE.
AND WE ARE TOO.
ROSARIA WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT HER FRIEND
JILL HAD BEEN A PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER FOR 15 YEARS,
A HUSBAND AND A FATHER BY THE NAME OF MATTHEW.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS SAID IS
THAT WE ARE CONSENTING ADULTS, WE'RE NOT HURTING ANYBODY.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, I SAW MATTHEW'S WIFE AND CHILDREN,
WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY CASUALTIES TO MATTHEW BECOMING JILL.
THERE'S A LIFE LOST.
THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY DANGEROUS GOING ON.
AND ROSARIA YOU'RE PART OF IT.
WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON?
SOON AFTERWARDS, ROSARIA’S LESBIAN PARTNER CONFRONTED HER
BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME SHE WAS SPENDING IN GOD’S WORD.
AND I THOUGHT, OH, MY WORD HAVE I BECOME A CLOSET CHRISTIAN?
BECAUSE THERE WAS A REASON I WAS READING MY BIBLE.
AND THAT'S THAT I WAS ABSOLUTELY DRAWN TO THIS IDEA
THAT THERE WAS THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE,
WHO WANTED TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ME
AND THAT THIS BIBLE WAS MY LIFELINE TO HIM.
AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED, OH, NO,
THIS IS NO LONGER A RESEARCH PROJECT.
AFTER ROSARIA’S MIRACULOUS CONVERSION TOOK PLACE,
SHE AND HER LESBIAN PARTNER SEPARATED.
SHE LEFT HER STUDENTS, HER PROFESSORSHIP
AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, HER POLITICAL ACTIVIST FOLLOWERS,
AND ABANDONED THE LIFE SHE HAD ONCE HELD IN SUCH HIGH REGARD.
AS A GREAT HUMILIATION, I HAD TO LOSE EVERYTHING AND THEN,
TO MAKE MATTERS EVEN WORSE, I HAD TO LOSE THE PEOPLE I LOVED.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO FOLLOW JESUS.
AFTER ROSARIA CAME TO CHRIST, SHE WENT ON RESEARCH LEAVE IN
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE LORD LED HER TO MEET HER FUTURE HUSBAND.
HE WAS A SEMINARY STUDENT,
HE WAS FINISHING HIS LAST YEAR AT SEMINARY,
AND I WAS TEACHING AN URBAN MINISTRY CLASS
THAT MET AT THE SEMINARY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STRUCK ME ABOUT KENT WAS HOW
MUCH LIKE KEN SMITH HE WAS, THAT HE WAS A STRONG GODLY MAN,
AND THAT HE VERY MUCH WANTED TO PROTECT ME AND COVER ME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW IN ROSARIA,
NOT JUST SOMEONE WHO WAS SAVED BY GRACE,
BUT SOMEBODY WHO WAS A POTENTIAL ASSET TO SOME INSTITUTIONS.
I JUST SAW THAT SHE COULD EASILY BE BURNED OUT
AND JUST BE SEEN AS KIND OF LIKE A LABORER
AND NOT AS A CHILD OF GOD
AND NOT REALLY LOOKING FOR HER NEED FOR REST,
NEED FOR GROWTH AND FAITH AND COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ALL CALLED TO SERVE, BUT WE'RE NOT CALLED TO SERVE ONLY,
BUT TO THRIVE IN THE LORD AND
TO BE BLESSED ON THE RECEIVING END OF MINISTRY AS WELL.
THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE, I'M SURE,
AS A CHRISTIAN PROFESSOR,
AT A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OR AT BACK AT SYRACUSE.
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT
THAT I COULD HAVE DONE THAN MARRY KENT BUTTERFIELD
AND THE LORD GAVE US FOUR CHILDREN THROUGH ADOPTION,
I WAS ALMOST 39 WHEN WE GOT MARRIED.
BUT TO BE MARRIED TO MY PASTOR HAS BEEN THE MOST MIND AND SOUL
AND JUST LIFE GIVING AND LIFE SHARPENING EXPERIENCE.
I MEAN, KENT IS MY HUSBAND, AND I LOVE HIM DEARLY AS MY HUSBAND,
BUT HE'S ALSO BEEN MY PASTOR ALL THESE YEARS.
WHAT THE LORD DID IS
BRING ME TO A PLACE WHERE I COULD IN FACT, SPEAK.
WE MODEL OUR HOME NOW A LOT ON WHAT THE SMITH’S HOUSE WAS LIKE,
AND SO I AM FREE.
TO BE A WOMAN.
I AM FREE TO BE A HETEROSEXUAL WOMAN, I AM FREE TO BE A WIFE,
I AM FREE TO BE A MOTHER.
I AM FREE TO BE A WARRIOR ON THE FRONT LINE OF A CULTURAL BATTLE.
I AM FREE TO BE A WRITER, I AM FREE TO BE A TEACHER.
I AM FREE TO BE A NEIGHBOR.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF FREEDOM.
ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD IS ONE OF
THE MOST ENCOURAGING PEOPLE I KNOW.
SHE HAS A REMARKABLE PERSONAL TESTIMONY
OF BEING DELIVERED FROM HOMOSEXUALITY BY JESUS CHRIST.
AND SHE ALSO HAS THE LITERARY AND THEOLOGICAL MIND
TO SEE HOW THE BIBLE’S NARRATIVE OF HUMANITY
IS WILDLY AT ODDS WITH OUR CULTURE’S NARRATIVE.
HAVING BEEN INSIDE THE LIFESTYLE,
ROSARIA IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO SPEAK TO THE FLAWED
ARGUMENTS AND JUSTIFICATIONS OF THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT.
AND THERE’S EVEN NOW A WHOLE NEW WAVE OF THOSE
WITHIN PROFESSING CHRISTIANITY WHO NOT ONLY REJECT
THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN VIEW OF SEX AND GENDER
BUT ATTEMPT TO USE THE BIBLE TO JUSTIFY SEXUAL SIN.
MY PASTOR AND MENTOR DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY
SAW THIS ON THE HORIZON,
AND HE DISMANTLES IT WITH BIBLICAL CLARITY IN HIS MESSAGE,
“ENTERTAINING ANGELS UNAWARES.”
AN ANCIENT STORY-A MODERN PROBLEM.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE GREATEST MORAL, SPIRITUAL,
AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES.
I REFER TO THE PROBLEM OF SODOMY AND TO THE STORY WHEREIN
THE CITY OF SODOM GAVE ITS NAME TO LIVE IN INFAMY
IN THAT PERVERSION OF SODOMY -OR AS IT IS CALLED TODAY,
HOMOSEXUALITY OR THE “GAY LIFESTYLE,” IF YOU PREFER.
AND OF COURSE, I TRUST THAT THE DETAILS OF IT ARE FAIRLY CLEAR.
YOU RECALL THAT GOD SAID THAT THE WICKEDNESS OF SODOM HAD
COME UP TO HEAVEN, AND HE WAS GOING TO DESTROY THE CITY.
AND ADAM... ABRAHAM PLED
THAT HE WOULD NOT DESTROY THE RIGHTEOUS WITH THE WICKED,
AND IF THERE WERE 50 WICKED,
HE AGREED HE WOULD SPARE 40, 30, AND DOWN TO 10.
APPARENTLY, THERE WERE NOT SO MUCH AS
TEN RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF SODOM.
SO THE CITY WAS DESTROYED.
AND LOT OFFERED TO THESE GENTLEMEN TO COME INTO HIS HOME,
TO WASH THEIR FEET TO REST,
TO EAT AND RISE UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING.
AND THEY SAID NAY BUT WE WILL SLEEP IN THE STRAIGHT
HERE IN THE SQUARE
AND THAT NO DOUBT CAUSED LOT A GOOD DEAL OF CONCERN
AND HE URGED UPON THEM AND PRESSED UPON THEM
NO COME TURN INTO MY HOUSE
BECAUSE HE HAD NO DOUBT HE HAD SEEN WHAT HAD HAPPENED
TO OTHERS IN THAT INFAMOUS CITY WHO ENDEAVORED TO
SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE SQUARE OR IN THE STREET.
THE MEN OF THE CITY, THE MEN OF SODOM AS IT IS REPEATED
OBVIOUSLY THESE WERE INFAMOUS MEN,
THE MEN WHOSE DOINGS CAUSED
THE WICKEDNESS OF THE CITY TO RISE UP ONTO HEAVEN
AND TO DETERMINE ITS DESTRUCTION.
THEY SURROUNDED THE HOUSE AND THEY CALLED OUT TO LOT.
BRING OUT UNTO US THE TWO MEN
THAT CAME INTO THEE THAT WE MAY KNOW THEM.
NOW, IT IS INTERESTING THAT HOMOSEXUALITY AND
THE HOMOSEXUALS WHICH HAVE LITERALLY CREATED A REVOLUTION
IN OUR SOCIETY AND CULTURE HAVE MOVED INTO THE CHURCHES.
IN FACT, THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED A WHOLE DENOMINATION OF
METROPOLITAN CHURCHES, 200 AND SOME OF THEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND SO THEY NOW HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN TRYING TO TWIST THE
SCRIPTURES TO JUSTIFY THEIR SIN, WHICH REMINDS ME OF PETER
WHO TALKS IN HIS EPISTLE ABOUT THOSE WHO WREST THE SCRIPTURE
UNTO THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION (WREST WITH A “WR”),
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING.
SO THEY HAVE RE...
REDEFINED THE SIN OF SODOMY AND THE SIN OF THE SODOMITE
AS BEING SIMPLY INHOSPITALITY.
IN HOSPITABLE?
MY FRIENDS, IF THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS, THAT THEY SIMPLY WANTED
TO GET ACQUAINTED AND BE HOSPITABLE,
ALL THE MEN FROM ALL THE QUARTERS, YOUNG AND OLD,
FROM THE WHOLE CITY CAME TO KNOW THEM.
AND TO SAY THAT THEIR SIN WAS INHOSPITALITY IS UTTERLY ABSURD,
AND IT REMINDS ME THAT THE WEAKNESS OF ANY ARGUMENT
DEPENDS UPON THE LENGTHS
TO WHICH SOME PEOPLE WILL GO TO TRY TO DEFEND IT.
SO THEY WILL GO TO ANY EXTENT AND LENGTH TO TRY TO DEFEND
THEIR PERVERSION AS ACTUALLY BEING SCRIPTURAL.
BE NOT DECEIVED.
MY FRIENDS, THE TEACHING OF SCRIPTURE COULD NOT BE CLEARER.
I REMEMBER TWENTY YEARS AGO, SOMEBODY ASKED ME
IF I THOUGHT THAT WAS A SIN AND I SAID,
“FRIEND, IF THE BIBLE DOES NOT TEACH THAT SODOMY
OR HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN,
IT DOESN’T TEACH THAT ANYTHING IS A SIN.”
IT COULD NOT, IN MY OPINION, BE ANY CLEARER THAN IT IS.
WELL, WHAT IS THEIR RESPONSE?
ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN,
THEY SIMPLY SAY THIS PERSON IS FILLED WITH HATE... HATE.
THEY ARE A HOMOPHOBE; THEY HATE HOMOSEXUALS.
AMERICA IS BEING CONNED, DEAR FRIENDS,
AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE SERIOUS.
MAY GOD GIVE US THE WISDOM TO WAKE UP WHILE WE HAVE TIME.
HI, I’M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
MY FATHER DR D. JAMES KENNEDY
WAS WILLING TO SPEAK DIFFICULT TRUTH EVEN THOUGH
HE KNEW THAT IT WOULD MAKE SOME PEOPLE ANGRY.
ANGERING PEOPLE WAS NEVER HIS GOAL
BUT HE WAS WILLING TO RISK THEIR ANGER IF IT MEANT
BRINGING THEM THE GRACE AND TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST.
WE DO PEOPLE NO FAVORS BY LETTING THEM PERSIST
IN DANGEROUS FALSEHOOD, AND THE LIES PUT FORWARD
BY THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT ARE INDEED DANGEROUS FALSEHOODS.
THIS MINISTRY, WHICH MY DAD FOUNDED 50 YEARS AGO,
CONTINUES TO BOLDLY COMMUNICATE THE TRUTH IN LOVE.
BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DO IT.
THERE ARE MANY POWERFUL POLITICAL AND BUSINESS LOBBIES
THAT WOULD CENSOR OR SILENCE MESSAGES LIKE THIS.
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WHO WAS DELIVERED OUT OF THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT,
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IN THIS BOOKLET, CHRISTINE HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND IN A SHORT,
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THIS IS THE CENTRAL BATTLE IN OUR CULTURE TODAY
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ONE OF THE COMMON ACCUSATIONS MADE AGAINST CHRISTIANS
IN OUR CULTURE IS THAT WE ARE
OBSESSED ABOUT ISSUES OF SEX AND GENDER.
“WHAT BUSINESS IS IT OF YOURS ANYWAY?”
OUR CULTURAL ELITES TELL US.
“WHY CAN’T YOU JUST LEAVE US ALONE?”
THE DESIGN OF THESE QUESTIONS IS TO MAKE US SHRINK BACK.
IT’S MEANT TO EMBARRASS US INTO SILENCE.
BUT JUST WHO IS IT
THAT’S REALLY MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF SEX AND GENDER?
IS IT CHRISTIANS WHO WANTED TO START HAVING DRAG SHOWS
IN FRONT OF CHILDREN AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY?
IS IT CHRISTIANS WHO REDEFINED MARRIAGE
AND INSTITUTED CIVIL PUNISHMENTS FOR THOSE WHO DON’T GO ALONG?
AND IS IT CHRISTIANS WHO WANT TO CLAIM
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECORDED HUMAN HISTORY
THAT BIOLOGICAL SEX IS IRRELEVANT AND THAT
PEOPLE CAN BE WHATEVER GENDER THEY CHOOSE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT?
NO!
AND IT’S NOT CHRISTIANS SAYING THAT IF YOU FAIL
TO RATIFY SOMEONE’S GENDER CHOICE IN YOUR USE OF PRONOUNS,
YOU’LL BE FIRED OR HAULED INTO COURT.
THE LEFT DECIDED TO COMPLETELY RECAST MARRIAGE, SEX, AND GENDER
IN ONE DECADE AND ENFORCE ALL OF IT BY LAW AND SOCIAL PRESSURE.
THEY DECIDED TO PUT MEN INTO WOMEN’S COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
THEY DECIDED TO HAUL CHRISTIAN BAKERS
BEFORE CIVIL RIGHTS TRIBUNALS.
THEY DECIDED TO PAINT RAINBOW MURALS
ON THE PAVEMENT OF INTERSECTIONS
AND THEY PROSECUTE PEOPLE WHO LEAVE TIRE PRINTS.
SO HOW EXACTLY IS IT THAT THE CHRISTIANS ARE THE ONES
WHO ARE SUPPOSEDLY OBSESSED WITH THIS?
THIS IS LIKE SLASHING SOMEONE’S TIRES AND
SMASHING IN THEIR WINDSHIELD WITH A BASEBALL BAT
AND THEN ASKING THEM WHY
THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT THEIR CAR.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CHRISTIANS STARTED
IT’S SOMETHING THAT THE CULTURAL ELITES HAVE FORCED ON US.
AND CHRISTIANS HAVE A DUTY TO GOD AND HIS REVEALED TRUTH.
HE’S REVEALED THAT TRUTH BOTH IN HIS WORD AND IN NATURE.
AND HE’S DONE THAT FOR OUR GOOD!
GOD HASN’T REVEALED THESE UNCHANGING TRUTHS ABOUT
MARRIAGE, SEX, AND GENDER IN ORDER TO RESTRICT US.
AS SCRIPTURE MAKES CLEAR, IT’S SIN THAT ACTUALLY ENSLAVES US.
INSTEAD, GOD HAS COME TO US IN JESUS CHRIST TO LIBERATE US.
THE WORLD’S PICTURE OF LIBERATION
IS ACTUALLY BONDAGE, BEING ENMESHED IN SIN, CONFUSION,
HATRED, AND SELF-LOATHING AND BEING PROUD OF IT.
BUT WHEN WE TURN AWAY FROM SIN AND TOWARDS GOD
AND HIS WORD AND HIS DESIGN FOR US WE DISCOVER THAT
IN A WORLD THAT PREACHES DEADLY
SEXUAL DEVIANCE AS SELF-FULFILLMENT,
THE MOST UN-LOVING THING CHRISTIANS COULD DO IS TO SHRUG
AND REMAIN SILENT, EVEN IF IT WOULD MAKE OUR LIVES EASIER.
WE HAVE A DUTY ROOTED IN LOVE TO CALL IMAGE-BEARERS OF GOD
AWAY FROM SIN AND FRUITLESSNESS AND DEATH,
AND TOWARDS LIFE AND FLOURISHING IN JESUS CHRIST.
I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
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THE MAIN ISSUE CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IN AMERICA
REGARDING THIS ELECTION IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK
THIS HAS BEEN A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES