A group of Christian women in Australia write in to ask this, Dear Pastor John, we were

discussing this topic in our small group tonight.

When is it harmful for Christians to share their opinion on homosexuality, on social media?

How should we Christians navigate this issue on Facebook specifically?

Is there a benefit to expressing our opinions?

It seems like when Christians do share opinions, there seems little, if any benefit, and it

actually serves up much negative responses, what do you think is our prerogative as Christians?

Is it worth it?

Maybe the most helpful thing I can say is to draw attention to the word opinion.

The woman who asks the question may not mean probably, does not mean what I'm hearing

in the word opinion.

So please don't feel this out of criticism because this may just be a language problem,

a culture problem, an assumption problem, but it does give me a helpful way forward.

I can't read her mind.

When I hear the word opinion, can Christians give their opinion?

I hear connotations of superficiality, quickness, arbitrariness, lack of heart, or passion,

unreasoned, and I doubt that she meant any of that.

But my answer demands that I get that on the table because my answer is mere expressing

of opinions probably does little good.

Opinions are, in most people's minds, a dime a dozen.

Everybody has an opinion and they're so common that they have a little worth.

So I'm not eager to encourage Christians to go online and just let all our thoughts and

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