John MacArthur's Shepherd's Conference removes Alistair Begg from speakers' lineup for his advice for Christians and same-sex weddings.

Christian Post ^ | 02/04/2024 | Ian M. Giatti

[Elsie]

Matthew 5:31-32 New King James Version

31 “Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except [a]sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

[daniel1212]

“If I’ve gotta go down on the side of one or the other, I’ll go down on this side. I’ll go down on the side of compassion, with people actually accusing me of just weakness, rather than go down on the side of condemnation, which closes any doors of opportunity for future engagement with those who know exactly what we believe about the Bible and about Jesus,” said Begg.

False dichotomy - expressing compassion and condemnation are not mutually exclusive. For instance, one can offer LGBTQ supporters a gospel tract, which lists homosexual relations as sin, and even tell them they need to repent to be saved, while also offering them water or food, etc.

However, giving two couples a gift for their fornicating union, and or taking part in a celebration of it, is not showing compassion but complicity in immorality.

[daniel1212]

A right move bu MacArthur, though based on what he has come to sound like, if he was in charge of entrance into Heaven, then no (as in bread brush) Pentecostals would be allowed in.

[MayflowerMadam]

Right. It’s not the divorce issue that’s the problem; it’s the re-marrying.

[Elsie]

Only the re-marrying of the DIVORCED woman.