We would remind the reader that God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and brimstone in a stunning display of righteous hatred towards homosexuals and homosexuality (yes, both). “The American evangelical church has been so mean towards homosexuals, excluded and discriminated against, taunted and reviled, that I want nothing to do with the arguments and prejudices that lurk just beneath the surface of so much same-sex concern.” Peterson is certainly a lost cause, mostly because he’s in hell, but it’s a shame that evangelical subversives still cite Merritt as an expert on anything but gayness. The point is Merritt’s unmitigated sodomy-celebration confetti, spread about the Christian world which has remained largely mum to its rainblow-splattered litter. This can be a flourishing thing.”īutt sex is not flourishing. And, uh, they are devastated at first and then with just careful, prayerful conversation, they’ve finally accepted that this is not a bad thing, that this can be a good thing. “I’ve helped several families accept their children as gay. The man called evil good, and good, evil. Thankfully, the evidence Merritt provides of Peterson’s full-blown approval of the things God detests is irrefutable. But rarely does the serpent lisp that way. There’s no good way to paraphrase away Matthew 5:28, and we long for the day that Hominterns just up and denounce the Bible rather than twisting it. Heck, Jesus did disagree in the Sermon on the Mount when he clarified that adulterous desire is sinful in and of itself. I think the evidence is pretty clear on that by this time,” “It is pretty clear that homosexual orientation is not a sin. But Merritt posthumously paints Peterson on the pro-gay side. Just before he died, Peterson gave a thumbs-up to moral fagginess, and then when critics threatened to pull his material, did the moonwalk backward. The devil, of course, is the first one to ask if God’s Word really said. Throughout the Ode to Heretic Peterson, Merritt lauds the theologian for “ambiguity” and “nuance,” which of course are never praised in the Bible, but condemned. MY LATEST: Eugene Peterson’s authorized biography revisits his “yes” on LGBTQ inclusion – - Jonathan Merritt March 15, 2021