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Daniel Whyte III
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Christian publication Crosswalk has waded into the recent backlash to Alistar Begg recommending some people attend same-sex weddings, releasing several articles on why Christians should attend gay weddings and should probably attend and participate in baby showers for same-sex couples.
Crosswalk is a Christian website owned and operated by Salem Web Network, a division of Salem Media Group, that owns a large swatch of prominent Christian and conservative publications, including CCM Magazine, BibleStudyTools.com, Christianity.com Crosswalk, Godtube, Hot Air, Jesus.org, Lightsource.com, Townhall, Christian Headlines,, PJ Media, and many other apps, podcasts, and radio stations.
In the article Can Christians Attend a Same-Sex Couple’s Baby Shower? author Amanda Idleman suggests they can and should. She begins by revealing that “As same-sex marriage has become more prolific and socially acceptable, there is a growing number of same-sex parents. Personally, I’ve interacted with same-sex foster parents who also attend the same church as I do.”
We know that God’s Word clearly states that God’s best for marriage and family is for one man and woman to come together. Yet, hard black-and-white lines don’t work when talking about people you love.
..It’s our job to be Jesus to our lost friends. To encourage those who know God but continue to struggle with sin. We need to remain faithful to the standards God gives us for living in the Bible. We must also ask God to help show us how to love well.”
One of the ways to “love well” includes the prospect of attending a baby shower hosted by a same-sex couple, which really is a celebration of that baby into a life of abuse, robbed of a father and mother.
A baby shower is different from a wedding in that every child is a gift from God. This sort of celebration is designed to joyfully support the arrival of a new person whom God has a special plan for. While we may understand that same-sex relationships are not God’s best, we are called to nurture and love every child. Even if we do not feel called to participate in the baby shower, we should find a way to love this family and their child. “
Another article gives no such out: Should You Attend a Gay Wedding? by Dr. James Emery White. White summarizes Begg’s advice to attend a gay wedding and even buy the couple a gift, and then lends his support to this position, encouraging him not to back down.
Despite the fallout, Begg stands by the advice he gave. He should.
This is not about a theological “drift.” Neither I nor Begg affirm a homosexual lifestyle. But does that mean it is never appropriate for a Christ follower to attend a gay wedding?
Let’s break that down a little—first by addressing whether it is okay to participate in one, and then second, whether it is okay to attend one. I would argue that participation and attendance are distinct from one another.
Participating in a gay wedding means lending support, helping to facilitate it, enabling it to happen. It’s being involved in such a way as to bring it about. Biblically, that isn’t something a Christian can do.
He explains:
https://protestia.com/2024/02/09/major-christian-publication-argues-christians-should-attend-gay-weddings-gay-baby-showers/
Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, says 3 more things regarding the Alistair Begg tragedy: (1.) It is Whyte’s opinion that Alistair Begg is not concerned about the thousands of dollars he is losing for this wicked foolishness and betrayal of God, Jesus Christ, and the Word of God because it is Whyte’s opinion Begg has been paid handsomely with Judas’ 30 pieces of silver. In fact, Begg could be a hired gun for the Bishop of Canterbury and the Pope and the sodomy/homosexual-leaning Anglican Church and Catholic Church. (2.) Knowing how pastors love to bounce things off of fellow pastors, Whyte believes many pastors knew Alistair Begg was leaning that way. (3.) If you rebuked Andy Stanley publicly and straightforwardly, you must rebuke your boy, Alistair Begg, publicly and straightforwardly. Pastors, you cannot be a respecter of persons and hypocrites. Whyte says he has enjoyed Alistair Begg’s preaching for many years and loved him as a brother, but Begg is not only wrong, he is dangerous.
“Given that there is no such thing as a marriage of two men or a marriage of two women- so take that away- then what is this occasion that the grandmother is being asked to go to? It is just a celebration of perversion, and it’s just a celebration of two people promising each other that they will never repent of the sin that will send them to hell.” Dan PhillipsDays after being dropped by American Family Radio and agreeing with John MacArthur to bow out of the Shepherds conference, another prominent Christian ministry quietly parted ways with pastor Alistair Begg following his trash advice to a grandmother to attend an LGBTQ wedding.
RefNet (Reformation Network) is the 24-hour Christian internet radio outreach of Ligonier Ministries, playing content that is “committed to the historic Christian faith and edifying for the whole family.”
The few broadcast partners it has have been thoroughly vetted and “echo the great historical truths that have been well-framed by the creedal consensus coming out of the Reformation.” These include John MacArthur, Harry Reeder, Martyn Lloyd Jones, Ligon Duncan, Steve Lawson, Charles Spurgeon’s messages, and up until this last week, Alistair Begg’s Truth for Life.
Truth for Life was one of the longest-running programs, going back at least a decade. However, it has been quietly pulled from the lineup, with no announcement about its culling being made. The two images below are just weeks apart.
Given that Begg’s show plays on 1800 radio stations and he has recently doubled down on his defense of attending a LGBTQ wedding with emotional argumentation, insults, deflection and Joel-Osteen-level exegesis of the text, they likely won’t be the last.
Source: Protestia https://protestia.com/2024/02/02/another-prominent-christian-ministry-quietly-parts-ways-with-alistair-begg/
Alistair Begg Dropped From Shepherds Conference + “An Unnecessary Distraction”
Alistair Begg will no longer be speaking at the upcoming 2024 Shepherds Conference, according to a spokesperson for Grace To You to RNS, following the fallout and controversy of his recent remarks advising a grandmother to attend an LGBTQ wedding and then a much-panned follow-up message justifying his reasons.
“After Begg’s comments became public, he and MacArthur talked and decided the controversy would be “an unnecessary distraction,” according to a spokesman for Grace to You, one of the conference sponsors.
“Pastor MacArthur’s counsel on that issue would be completely different from the counsel Alistair Begg said he gave an inquiring grandmother,” said Phil Johnson, executive director of Grace to You told Religion News Service in an email. “So both agreed that it was necessary for Pastor Begg to withdraw.”
Begg has been a frequent speaker at Grace Community Church events, including speaking at the Shepherds Conference in 2015 and 2023, and a regular guest lecturer for the Doctor of Ministry program at The Master’s Seminary.
This is a developing story.
Source: Protestia: https://protestia.com/2024/02/01/alistair-begg-dropped-from-shepherds-conference-an-unnecessary-distraction/
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