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Thread: 'God Is the Judge,' Hillsong's Carl Lentz Tells 'The View' When Asked Whether or Not Abortion Is Sin

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    Quote Originally Posted by GodismyJudge View Post
    I heard someone on the radio yesterday who didn't name names, but was railing on about that "type", "preachers who are trying to look like Bono".....
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    It can be difficult to judge what they are trying to do. Some look like this and that because they genuinely feel like it and not because they are trying to be anything in particular.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bookman View Post
    Look, it's just another example of a Christian leader trying to be trendy, acceptable, and to fit in. He wants the world's approval of a message that will never have the world's approval. The reproach of the world is meant to be a blessing for a Christian. He just missed receiving a blessing.
    Exactly.

    He also pointed me back to an extensive, 2015 article in GQ magazine, in which he told journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner this when asked about abortion:

    If you sit down with me and you say, "Carl, I'm having an abortion," I'm going to say, "I think that you can have this child. I don't know how hard it's going to be. I could never imagine. I do know that my prayer is that God will give you peace to stand on this side with me. Should you choose another option, I will not turn my back on you. I will not vilify you. I will not hate you. I will not, I cannot, live your life. I love you regardless, but my prayer is that somehow, some way, you will see my view on this."

    I know that many remain disappointed in Pastor Lentz and some believe his Twitter post was too little too late. But since he had made his position clear in 2015 (in a totally secular context)...
    How is that statement 'clear'? That's still ambiguous. Nowhere does he say it's wrong or a sin. Nowhere is the person counseled properly in that statement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GodismyJudge View Post
    I heard someone on the radio yesterday who didn't name names, but was railing on about that "type", "preachers who are trying to look like Bono".....
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    I have to admit when I saw his pic I really wanted to roll my eyes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bookman View Post
    Look, it's just another example of a Christian leader trying to be trendy, acceptable, and to fit in. He wants the world's approval of a message that will never have the world's approval. The reproach of the world is meant to be a blessing for a Christian. He just missed receiving a blessing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valiant Woman View Post
    It was a long time ago, and and he corrected himself when he was confronted...my point is why is it that every time we have these kind of discussions, someone is always bringing up Joel or some other preacher that missed it?
    This guy who is a fake Joel Osteen really missed it when they discovered in the end that he wasn't the popular televangelist from Houston. [Caution for a cuss word]
    If you put God First, you have Him at Last.

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