Last summer, back when we could gather in large auditoriums, about 2200 APJ listeners gathered

together in one room in Nashville.

It was a wonderful time together, and there we recorded a handful of live episodes, including

the following one intended for evangelical believers on a very perplexing trend that resurfaces

every June.

So-called same-sex marriage has never been more popular in America, and whatever garners

cultural popularity seeps into the church, you know this.

According to the Pew Research Center among white evangelicals in America, 29% now, quote,

favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, 29% of white American evangelicals.

That's up from 11% just 15 years ago, so that's a long and steady increase in a rise

in affirmation among white evangelicals in America, up from 11% to 29% affirming of same-sex

so-called same-sex marriage in 15 years.

Bill, who is here with us this morning, asks, hello, Pastor John, as the LGBT movement

strives to become mainstream, I've watched more and more believers give into the culture

by posting rainbow colored affirmations on social media, hanging rainbow flags outside

their homes, and even attending pride rallies in my city.

I want to believe the best, but I am perplexed.

How should we respond to fellow believers who make such affirmations?

How you respond directly depends on your relationship, but let me hold that for me.

Like it might be your wife, right?

You might be your son.

Like your wife decides, so-called gay marriage is okay, no, what?

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