In episode 92 we talked about a recent event in the news, NBA star Jason Collins came out

and announced that he's gay becoming the first openly gay professional athlete in American

team sports, at least in male sports, and he also claims to be a Christian.

That same day ESPN analyst Chris Brissard responded by saying, quote, if you're openly living

an unrepentant sin, whatever it may be, not just homosexuality, I believe that's walking

in open rebellion to God and to Jesus Christ, end quote.

For this statement, Brissard got called things like unkind, hateful, abusive, a bigot

and intolerant.

So here's the follow-up question, Pastor John.

Is this hostile response to Brissard for calling homosexuality a sin and an offense to God,

a sign of things to come in the United States?

It is a sign of things to come, though I want to be very careful not to presume that

I know the final outcome in this century or the next, meaning I do think there is biblical

warrant and cultural warrant to expect things to get worse, in other words, expect more

sin to be flaunted more openly and more biblical truth to be criticized more severely.

I think that's very, very likely, but that doesn't say anything about whether God might

step in at the very darkest hour and pour out his Holy Spirit upon his church and then

upon the world through his church and call people to repent in such that a stunning awakening

and turning happens.

So when I say yes, I think things are going to get worse.

I don't hold that long term with any great conviction because I don't know what God's

plan is in this age, short of the second coming.

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