Yes but he still has a problem because Saint Paul said that the kingdom of heaven is not for homosexuals. ...Unless of course you want to edit out the letters of Saint Paul.
He must have missed that whole Romans Chapter 1 thing.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Y’know, I don’t agree with Andy Stanley. If nothing else, the OT is rife with history...the history of the Jewish nation. We shouldn’t cut it out.
However, I have to point out that the OT is a major stumbling block for a lot of people. I have heard many people ask about the whole “destroy everything” passages and ask how a loving God could command that.
As for the ‘elephant in the pew’ that many here are speaking of...homosexuality...I agree that it’s wrong. Now, there are those who will wonder why those who practice this particular sin don’t want to have anything to do with the church. First, of course, is that being told you’re wrong is very uncomfortable and upsetting. (and eternity in Hell isn’t?)
Another reason, one that not many think of, is what those in that lifestyle think we’re going to do to them. Go ahead and read Lev. 20:13. What does it say the penalty is?
There are those in the homosexual community who believe that if they attend a church, and their sin is found out, that they won’t leave the building alive. They believe we want them dead because it’s in the Bible.
Something to consider.