| Mel
White and his male "lover" have moved to Lynchburg and taken up
residence in a house across the street from Thomas Road Baptist Church.
Mr. White is the co-founder of a group called Soulforce. One goal of White
and his Soulforce friends is to convince Americans that homosexual acts,
such as sodomy, are not condemned by God's Word. Mr. White has a vested
interest in this novel approach to the Scriptures since he has admitted
that he commits such acts!
In a tactic reminiscent of the Dark Ages, Mel would like you to believe
that the average person cannot understand the plain truth contained in the
Bible; therefore a pro-homosexual "interpreter" is necessary.
White and his "theologian" friends ask you to believe that
Christians for almost two millenniums, and the Jewish people for many
centuries before Christ, have all misunderstood what the Holy Scriptures
say concerning perverted sexual acts! They would have you believe that the
vast majority of Bible scholars and pastors, who rightly hold that God's
Word teaches that homosexual acts are sinful, are also wrong. White and
Co. do this by distorting the Word of God while playing on the emotions of
their audience. Their assumption is that most Americans are ignorant,
gullible, and easily manipulated. Jesus warned about people like Mel
White: "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves" (Matthew 7:15).
We urge you to read the brochure which is included with this brief
message and understand that Soulforce is not spreading truth and White's
lies are not little. Soulforce is in the business of perverting God's Word
in hope of gaining support for and silencing all critics of perverted sex.
Not only do they twist the Scriptures for this cause, but they also
shamelessly appeal to raw emotion. For instance, they make much of the
supposed fact that young people engaging in homosexual acts have a higher
rate of suicide because society in general and Christians in particular do
not embrace homosexual activity as normal and acceptable. In this, they
hope to shame people into condoning homosexuality. The truth is, persons
involved in many kinds of destructive, immoral behavior such as drug use,
adultery, pedophilia, or prostitution have higher rates of suicide. Would
Mr. White have us accept and validate any sort of behavior which tends to
lead to a higher incidence of suicide? Are we to abandon God's holy
precepts and all concepts of right and wrong based on such shameless
emotional blackmail?
In the coming days, Mel White will be increasing his efforts to
influence the public in Lynchburg and intimidate Christians here into
abandoning their deeply-held beliefs for the sake of the advancement of
the sodomite agenda. For the sake of the Word of God, the future of our
nation, and the protection of the young and vulnerable, it is our prayer
that you will not fall prey to hypocritical liars that stop at nothing to
gain approval for dangerous and destructive acts which violate both God's
laws of nature and His revealed law as found in the Holy Bible.
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times
some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience
seared with a hot iron."
1 Timothy 4:1-2 |
