I've been thinking a lot lately about the intersection of passing faith on to the next generation and the wave of desconstruction that's currently sweeping over American evangelicalism.
In case you think D.W. & Co. are misrepresented/mischaracterized...Canon Press *chose* to feature this particular quote. Of all the things to focus on in this vapor-life...
Run from this man, this church, this press, and this theology, beloved. With all your might.
Suffering people often need others to have faith and hope for them. Admonitions to hope or trust only often result in despair; if the sufferers were able, they would do so. It is often helpful to say, “I know you struggle to hope right now. I will hope for you.”
See Amos 2:7 where God condemns social injustice and sexual immorality in the same breath, as being of a piece. Modern political ideologies pressure Christians to separate them and emphasize one over the other. The Bible does not do that.