Keep the Church of England safe’: Professor Robert ‘Bobby’ Oscar Lopez’s General Synod speech

Aug 7, 2017 by Jill

from Christian Concern:

My name is Robert Oscar Lopez. I am a professor at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and I bring a message:

Keep the Church of England safe.

[…] There are millions of men who were coaxed into experimenting with gay sex and then, like me, realized later on, “what on earth am I doing here? Why am I surrounded by so much drama, so much unhappiness, and yet everyone keeps telling me I have no choice, I am supposed to find joy this way, and I must never blaspheme against gay identity by coming out as ‘straight’?”

The gay community attacks people who escape it with a ferocity that would frighten those of you with gentle hearts. I was assaulted, threatened, vandalized, defamed on the internet, and driven out of a tenured professorship in California—all by vicious, unhinged, absolutely unchristian forms of activism. And nobody is talking about this, even in the church.

There are many who will be casualties of this great gay wave. It will ebb and vanish eventually, since it is not based on truth, it makes people incredibly unhappy, and it inflicts grievous harm on the people it claims to be championing.

The church has a gospel that is more than sufficient to counsel people to choose Christ rather than a false dream. It is not enough to pass amendments that might mitigate or tweak Jayne Ozanne’s resolution. Ms. Ozanne must hear loudly and unwaveringly that her mission is wrong. She needs prayer and a new direction. The resolution as written is more of the catastrophic brinksmanship that I’ve seen destroy millions of lives. Just say no.

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