“I have heard it said that sex offenders are modern-day lepers. That is probably pretty accurate. And we know that Jesus didn’t shun lepers. He loved them and healed them. He expects us to do the same.”
Pat Nolan
The vice president of Prison Fellowship was quoted by Christianity Today in an article about challenges churches face in accepting or limiting sex offenders in their sanctuaries. (RNS)
“As an American pastor, it is not my role to interfere with the politics of other nations, but it is my role to speak out on moral issues. It is my role to shepherd other pastors who look to me for guidance, and it is my role to correct lies, errors and false reports when others associate my name with a law that I had nothing to do with, completely oppose and vigorously condemn.”
Rick Warren
The popular Baptist pastor and author was referring to a draconian anti-gay law pending in Uganda’s parliament, which would punish some kinds of homosexual behavior with death. Warren called the law “unjust, extreme and un-Christian.” (RNS)