Andrew Walker penned an insightful article here entitled “Criticism isn’t cancellation”. He argues that American pluralism doesn’t require Christians to celebrate sin.
“In French’s view, Christians shouldn’t object to this because American evangelicals need to take the log out of their eye and leave judgment to those inside the church. This is a familiar and biblical refrain, but it is misapplied in this context. Recognizing the log in our own eyes (as we should), and holding special judgment for those inside the church (as we also should), does not suspend all moral judgment—especially in areas that touch upon creation order issues, such as marriage and family. Marriage and family are creational institutions, not church ordinances. They precede Israel, the Church, and even the Fall. To treat them as purely internal matters, as French ostensibly does, is to abdicate Christian witness in the public square. Marriage and family are creational issues that shape the very fabric of society. Moreover, nowhere in the New Testament are Christians commanded to turn a blind eye to the sins of society (just read Romans 1) . . . It’s not “cancel culture” to object when fellow believers publicly promote behavior and familial arrangements that Scripture clearly condemns. Using a prominent platform to normalize sin is not a matter of Christian liberty—it’s a matter of biblical fidelity. And it is not something that Christians should defend in the name of American pluralism, especially when that pluralism undercuts the very notion of the common good by denying children maternal love.”
Amen.


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