Well, I am a bit under the weather, so my thoughts here may be pretty jumbled. Ray Boltz, a famous Gospel singer, “came out of the closet”.
Boltz is perhaps best known for his song "Thank You," about a dream in which a Christian thanks the Sunday school teacher who led him to Jesus. It was the GMA song of the year in 1990. Other Boltz hits include "Watch the Lamb," "The Anchor Holds," and "I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb."
His reasons for doing so? Well, because he realized that he has been gay since he was a little kid, and he just can’t change it.
But my thoughts…few in number, circle around Boltz’s statements that, “he doesn’t want to get into debates about Scripture”. I have seen this trend not so much in liberal “churches” that push this stuff as I have in “conservative” ones. There is almost a total disregard for Scripture, teaching, debating, and arguing about what God has to say about this and many other topics. Discussion is simply off the table. After all, it is “not nice to argue”. Everyone’s minds are already made up anyway. Let’s all just get along.
Emotionalism is the spirit of the age. We are afraid to hurt one another’s feelings, and anyone who would provide actual reasons for a position is easily dealt with through mockery or accusations of being a big meany.
Forget that God has spoken. Forget that His Words have meaning and importance for every realm of thought and behavior. Instead, may we each make our god the way we see fit, and continue being nice in our “Christian” social circles. Surely this is what early church members died for; so that we could just stop arguing. Our gods have become whatever we say they are, and those who will not just accept that are plain rude.
“This is what it really comes down to,” he says. “If this is the way God made me, then this is the way I’m going to live. It’s not like God made me this way and he’ll send me to hell if I am who he created me to be … I really feel closer to God because I no longer hate myself.”
How totally deluded must an individual be to create his or her own theology after rejecting that which is derived from Scripture? (How many times per day do I do this?)
If God has spoken, should we listen to what He has to say?
Source - http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2008/09/ray_boltz_comes.html
