Sharks Goalie Opts Not to Wear LGBTQ-Themed Warmup Jersey on Team's Pride Night - foxnews.com
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Recommended reading:
'Witch Hunt': Archbishop of Canterbury Promises LGBT Activists He’ll ‘Root Out’ Their Opponents From Church of England - dailysignal.com
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More recommended reading: J. I. Packer to Be Suspended from the Anglican Church of Canada - thegospelcoalition.org
Excerpts from this article:
"In June of 2002, the synod of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster (in Vancouver, Canada) voted to authorize a service to bless same-sex unions. J. I. Packer was among the synod members who walked out in protest, and he explained why in an article for Christianity Today. The lede summarized his rationale: 'Why did I walk out with the others? Because this decision, taken in its context, falsifies the gospel of Christ, abandons the authority of Scripture, jeopardizes the salvation of fellow human beings, and betrays the church in its God-appointed role as the bastion and bulwark of divine truth.'”
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Still more recommended reading: Biographical Sketch: J. I. Packer - monergism.com
Here are some of my favorite quotes by Dr. Packer from his book A Quest for Godliness - The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life:"To the question, 'should one preach doctrine?' the Puritan answer would have been, 'Why? What else is there to preach?' Puritan preachers were not afraid to bring the profoundest theology into the pulpit if it bore on their hearers' salvation...doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrite, but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ's sheep. The preacher's job is to proclaim the faith, not to provide entertainment for unbelievers. In other words, to feed the sheep and not amuse the goats."
"Yet in our day, much as we love to sing Amazing Grace (I suppose because we like the tune), are not inwardly amazed by grace as the Puritans were; it does not startle us that the holy Creator should receive sinners into his company; rather, we take it for granted! 'God will forgive. That's his job!' was the final scoff with which the French cynic went to meet his Maker."
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For further study...
Charlie Daniels and J.I. Packer - A Tribute - Last of a Christian Heritage, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Evangelical Theologian J.I. Packer Enters Heavenat 93, by Adam McManus (Worldview in Five Minutes)
