Truth vs. Love, Mind vs. Heart - which has ultimate authority?  “I…

“I want to you know what is the biggest difference is between us. The big difference between us, is that I, Ken Smith, Bible-believing pastor, believe that what is true (and I believe the Bible is true) determines what is valuable, and ethical, and beautiful. And you, as a gay rights activist (from a gay rights perspective) believe what is ethical (according to the rights and needs of the moment), determines what is true, and valuable and beautiful. And you know what? He was absolutely right. And of course that is the difference between Postmodernism and a Biblical world view. But I couldn’t disagree, and that made me really intrigued.” — Rosiaria Butterfield (from LGBTQ activist to Christian). from https://youtu.be/qiiduN-SRcY?list=PLMzBHmBwuMlU&t=710 “Following Marx, I believed Sin was just ‘applied cultural phobia’. I think all my feminist colleagues believed that. ‘Cultural phobia’ is what smart people called ‘Sin’.” “But if God is truly good, then his goodness is unrestrained by time, which means that God’s law applies to all cultures and all circumstances without exception.” “My whole paradigm rested on the idea that LGBTQ hurts no one. And yet here I am, faced with this picture that simply burned a hole in my heart: Michael (‘Jill’) had traded being a father and a husband with girly underwear and size 16 pumps. And I was disgusted.” Rom 1:32 “Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.” -> “If we cannot receive a blessing from God, we will demand it of men. Boy that seemed to define the political activism that was going on in my house.” — Rosiaria Butterfield Ken Smith didn’t invite Rosaria to church because he really didn’t want her to infect his people (with untruths), since she could be pretty persuasive. “He wanted the church to be a place where young people were not tossed to and fro between crazy ideas. At the same time, he wanted to bring the church to me.” https://youtu.be/qiiduN-SRcY?list=PLMzBHmBwuMlU&t=1539 “I expected in all areas of my life that ‘Understanding comes before obedience’. You don’t buy a car insurance policy before you understand it. It was just common sense, and not the other way around. I realized, I wanted God to show me on my terms why homosexuality was a sin. I wanted to be the judge, and not the one being judged.” — Rosaria butterfield https://youtu.be/qiiduN-SRcY?list=PLMzBHmBwuMlU&t=1943 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom. Obedience comes before understanding!