Changing Culture And The Gay Agenda

Changing Culture and the Gay Agenda

A talk given at a Ministry Training and Development Day for Ministry Workers in 2015.

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“Do not be deceived”

1 Corinthians 6:9

1. Bible’s Challenge to a Dead World
   • creation
   • sin and death came
   • culture and cultures of a dead world
   • God’s judgement on the world.
   • Christ under judgement
   • Christians are in eternal life now
   • Christians are counter-cultural people
     1. living out God’s new culture
     2. witnessing to God’s new deal
     3. suffering the consequences of opposition
2. Ministering the Word of God
   • Genesis 1 the repeated chorus ‘And God Said ’
   • Genesis 2 v16
   • scripture
   • words
3. Responding to God’s Word
   • positive
   • negative
   • Censorship
     1. formal legal censorship
     2. between privacy and criminal cover-up
     3. the censorship of garbage.
     4. the bullies
     5. the gatekeepers
     6. the word-twisters
4. Preaching the Word of Life in a World of Death
   • the charge
   • the times
5. Culture of Homosexuality
   • personal pain
   • public politics
     1. Communicate; don’t just express yourself
     2. Appeal to ambivalent skeptics
     3. Make gays look good
     4. Keep talking (desensitize, don’t shock)
     5. Keep message single-minded: gay rights
     6. Give potential protectors a just cause
     7. Portray gays as victims, not aggressors
     8. Make victimizers look bad
   • Conflicted Culture
6. Bible’s Challenge to Homosexuality
   • creation
   • sin and death
   • culture
   • Christ
   • Christians