DON’T! (Then) … GET OFF THE TIGER’S BACK! (Now)
by Stephen Noll:
Observing from across the Atlantic as the “Living in Love and Faith” process slouches toward its predetermined destination – the authorization of same-sex blessings (and later marriage) – I happened across an old email from 2021.
A friend in the UK had written me, asking if I would write up my advice for his circle about whether Evangelicals should engage seriously with the LLF curriculum, as argued by Martin Davie (who has been an articulate proponent of biblical teaching on marriage).
I sent my friend a brief reply which can be summarized in one word: “Don’t!”
I said:
I simply disagree with Martin Davie’s premise that the LLF process is taking anything seriously. My proof of this premise is the simple question: “Is there any way on God’s green earth that the Church of England might conclude that committed same-sex relations are “incompatible with Scripture” and “cannot be advised” (Lambeth I.10)? As I see it, the answer is NO. And if the answer is No, then the entire exercise is not serious. If the answer to my question is NO, then I do not see the prudence or morality of “engaging” with the report.
Of course, there will be individual statements in LLF that are true to Scripture, but when they are included as part of the whole Report, they are fatally compromised. That is part of the strategy of the project.
Therefore, I am in agreement with Andrew Symes’ recent article. My advice is simply: “Don’t!”
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