Last week, Dan Haseltine, front-man for the popular and influential CCM band Jars of Clay, announced his support for “gay marriage.” He wrote the following in a series of Twitter posts: “Not meaning to stir things up BUT… is there a non-speculative or non ‘slippery slope’ reason why gays shouldn't marry? I don’t hear one. ... I’m trying to make sense of the conservative argument. But it doesn't hold up to basic scrutiny. Feels akin to women’s suffrage! I just don’t see a negative effect to allowing gay marriage. No societal breakdown, no war on traditional marriage. ... I don’t think scripture ‘clearly’ states much of anything regarding morality. ... I don’t particularly care about Scriptures stance on what is ‘wrong.’ I care more about how it says we should treat people” (“Dan Haseltine,” MetroWeekly.com, April 22, 2014). Haseltine tried to back pedal a bit after his Twitter comments were made public, but he did not renounce the concept of a “homosexual Christian” or reject same-sex “marriage.” The reason for this is not difficult to discern. Typically, CCM musicians have been accepted as Christians upon the flimsiest testimony of faith and have not been properly taught and discipled. They have fed their spiritual lives with dangerous authors such as C.S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Brennan Manning, Leonard Sweet, Rick Warren, and Rob Bell, loved corrupt Bible translations such as The Message, immersed themselves in sensual music, and have sought after emotional highs and “signs and wonders” instead of living by faith. They have played with the world, which is more dangerous than any poisonous snake, instead of living separated lives. They have sown to the wind and are reaping the whirlwind. (Friday Church News Notes, May 2, 2014, www.wayoflife.org [email protected], 866-295-4143) Comments are closed.
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