Former lesbian explains why she signed the Nashville Statement on gender and sexuality.
Speaker
and author Rosaria Butterfield, a former lesbian, explained why she signed the
Nashville Statement, which was released by a broad coalition of Christian
leaders, including J. I. Packer and Francis Chan, articulating God's design for
human identity as male and female.
"I
stand with biblical orthodoxy, which is inseparable from God's creation mandate
and definition of gendered personhood found in Genesis 1:27," Butterfield wrote
in an article for the website of The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, as a
reason for signing the statement.
"I
signed the Nashville Statement because my conscience compels me so, because the
promises of liberty on the world's terms are false and deceptive, and because
many who currently claim to have Christ's forgiveness and salvation must be
called to account for leading good people astray with false promises and filthy
lies," she continued.
"I
signed the Nashville Statement because the wolves are prowling, and the lions
are roaring, and because they are bold and proud of their heresy, and because
you must be warned."
The
statement, which was sponsored by the CBMW and the Ethics & Religious
Liberty Commission, was issued in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.
The
document, which nearly 200 Christian leaders have signed and was described by
Pastor John Piper as a "Christian manifesto" on human sexuality, contains a
preamble and 14 articles.
Dr. Rosaria Butterfield, a former professor at Syracuse
University and Geneva College, speaks about her conversion to Christianity on
Jan. 31, 2014."Evangelical Christians at the dawn of the 21st century find
themselves living in a period of historic transition. As Western culture has
become increasingly post-Christian, it has embarked upon a massive revision of
what it means to be a human being. By and large the spirit of our age no longer
discerns or delights in the beauty of God's design for human life," the preamble
reads.
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