Alistair begg gay weddings
Episode 96: Thinking About Attending A Queer Wedding?
Earlier this year, a convictional firestorm ensued over consultation Alistair Begg, a prominent North American pastor and radio host of Reality for Life, gave to a lady about attending her grandchild's gay wedding. Bob Lepine, the on-air announcer for Truth for Animation, joins today’s episode to speak with Tim and Rick about how this situation provides us with an opportunity to clarify our thinking around convictions and guidelines for faithful conduct. Bob provides a rapid summary of what happened before they discuss some ideas to help foster biblically-based convictions around attending a lgbtq+ wedding.
Transcript
Rick Langer: Welcome to the Winsome Conviction Podcast. My name's Rick Langer. I'm a professor here at Biola, the director of the Office of Faith and Teaching, and most importantly, the co-director of the Winston Conviction Project with my good friend Tim Muehlhoff, who's here along with a very special guest. So Tim, converse to us about who we acquire here with us today.
Tim Muehlhoff: Rick, one of the great things about this podcast is we get to have friends on and people that we greatly praise. None of them can ma
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My reasoning:
- Christians must not agree of so-called queer marriage.
- Wedding attendance implies that the attender approves of the marriage (unless they "speak now" if and when the minister asks, "If anyone knows of a reason why these two should not be joined...").
- Christians must not be present a so-called lgbtq+ wedding ceremony.
Begg agrees with me at least on #1. He does not agree with me on #2.
I don't necessarily read this as crass pragmatism; he's not doing something he believes is necessarily false for a "greater good" of evangelism. He just doesn't believe it's wrong.
But I think when someone fails to understand premise #2, they show that they have a deeper misunderstanding of marriage. Marriage is a public institution: the church, the state, the parents, and the collective, have all traditionally been involved in marriages because the wellbeing of the community depends on healthy marriages. It is not a private relationship. So when you collect at a wedding, it's not just to be content for the couple's private happiness, but to recognize the beginning of a new household, a new social unit, where they've left their
Christian radio network drops Alistair Begg after advice on attending gay weddings
By CP Staff
A conservative Christian radio ministry has dropped pastor Alistair Begg from its programming lineup after he suggested Christians could attend same-sex weddings to "build bridges" with the culture at large.
Begg, 71, serves as senior pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland along with his radio ministry "Truth For Life," carried by nearly 1,800 radio stations nationwide.
The controversy stems from recently resurfaced comments Begg made in a podcast for "Truth For Life" in September, in which Begg discussed his new book, The Christian Manifesto.
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As part of the podcast, Begg touched on a specific scrutinize he said a grandmother asked him about her grandson, who she said was "about to be married to a non-binary person," and whether she should attend the wedding.
"We field questions all the time that move along the lines of, 'My grandson is about to be married to a transgender person, and I don't know what to do about t
I have never attended, or even been invited to a same-sex wedding. If I were, I would feel very conflicted, especially if it were of a close family member. Would I go?
This is a reality facing an increasing number of Christians who are committed to biblical orthodoxy and firmly believe that marriage can only be between one biological man and woman.
Alistair Begg, a Scottish pastor ministering in America, recently caused controversy over pastoral advice given to a grandmother invited to join her grandchild’s wedding to a transgender person. He said it was matter of wisdom. Many possess criticised him, and he has been cancelled from some ministry opportunities.
In an episode of his ‘Truth for Life’ podcast, Begg gave this advice: “Well, here’s the thing: your adore for them may grab them off guard, but your absence will simply reinforce the fact that they said, These people are what I always thought: judgmental, critical, unprepared to countenance anything”. He added that, as long as the grandson knew she was not “affirming” his life choices, “then I suggest that you act go to the ceremony, and I suggest that you buy them a gift.”
After Begg refused to retract h