The Bible is clear on some things and less clear on others. For instance, while it may seem easy to assume that the Bible is clear on the fact that homosexuality is a sin, several noted Evangelicals aren’t convinced of that fact. Sometimes things that appear to be clear simply aren’t clear enough to inspire conviction.

There are other things that seem to be clear and in fact are. One of these things is that God is Love. Not only did Jesus Christ, the human embodiment of God, live a life that taught love down to his manner of eating and prayer- but the Bible throughout from START to FINISH, from ALPHA to OMEGA, is crystal clear about the fact that God is Love. It starts in Genesis, in God’s caring for Adam and Eve despite their sinfulness, and continues throughout to the Book of Revelations, where despite Armageddon God still demonstrates his love to those who were faithful.

Look at the life of King David. David was a sinner. David was petty, jealous, selfish and a womanizer. He impregnated another man’s wife and then killed that man in order to keep the woman to himself and hide his crimes. Yet, David is called a man who truly knew God’s heart. Why would God reveal himself to be a loving God to a man who so poorly demonstrated Godly ideals? Because the greatest ideal of all is that of Love, and David demonstrated incredible fealty to his friends and faithful, and especially to God’s own people, the Israelites. God again and again shows that love is rewarded and hate is punished. Again, and again, and again.
In 1st John, chapter four, John- the disciple whom Christ Loved- says that those who know love, know God. Those who do not know love, do not know God. My question to you today is: Do you know love?

Do you?

You would picket the funeral of a beloved son, devoted father, faithful friend, generous spirit… and for what? For publicity? To remind America of it’s failures? You spew forth literature of intolerance, judgment and hate. Why? When has anyone ever been won over by words of fire and vengeance? What kind of lasting change do you truly wish to inspire out of fear and fear alone? God is not a God of fear. Certainly he is to be feared, but we fear God not because we are worried for ourselves, but because we understand his awesomeness. Selfishness and the true love of God are inherently contradictory. You inspire selfishness and hate, and little else.
You are a blight to our faith and a stumbling block on the road to salvation for far too many people.

I RENOUNCE YOU.