Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of

Unchanging Truth.

The Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

Jesus would have baked the cake.

Christians hate LGBTQ people.

You're on the wrong side of history.

Why can't you just let them be their true selves?

That's just your truth, not mine, or perhaps most painful, especially when it comes from

a friend or a family member.

If you love me, you'd accept me for who I really am.

Look all these slogans leave Christians silent or shamed today.

But at root, they're just different ways of saying the same thing.

That truth and love are incompatible.

To tell the truth, especially when it comes to issues of sexuality and gender, is to be

unloving and intolerant.

And to love someone is to always affirm their choices.

And there's a uniquely Christian version of these slogans too.

Taking a moral stand, we're told, especially on questions so culturally controversial,

distract from the gospel.

The church needs to be more welcoming and avoid anything that makes people feel excluded

from the church.

After all, we're told, isn't the gospel really about inclusivity?

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