There are fellowships that are open to homosexuals. People should not try to join those groups with the hopes of changing their established doctrine. It would be an example of joining a fellowship with an outright divisive purpose in mind. There are also churches that strongly hold to the scriptural belief that homosexuality should not be openly practiced in the church. Active homosexuals should not join those churches. It would be divisive. No one should be joining fellowships with the intent to disagree with and attack those fellowships and their unity. Live and let live and don’t be intimidated by the politically correct Dereks.

There is a non sequitur between “thou shall not bash gays” and I’m going to sing the “S” word. There’s no connection between the problem and Derek’s response. At best, it’s a “food fight” mentality. I don’t like the words you’re throwing, so I’ll throw distasteful words right back.

This is an important issue- anything dealing with how we treat our fellow human beings is important. Derek has confused an already complex topic with inane conversations about a useless word. And, if I personally think he made a bad call by including the “S” word in a Christian song, it does not follow that I am somehow unmoved by hate talk towards homosexuals. That’s another disconnect. I make it a point not to bash and have gone out of my way to correct the problem when I see it.

(as an added bonus, we seem to miss the fact that he’s directly referencing a famous Tony Campolo quote, and we don’t seem to question Tony’s judgement very often…)

Spirit vs. Kick Drum is right on, illustrated with beautiful metaphorical imagery.

I love acoustic/folk, but having put out several electronic songs myself, I am looking forward to hearing his new stuff and adding it to my collection.

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thanks for the introduction!