31:00 So this is what we have to say about our response to the most pressing internal/external cultural conflict that the church is currently enduring. These pastors decided to "Set aside the theological discussion of sexuality" because they didn't want to get "stuck in theology". So instead, "They struggled with the need to perfect reflexes of hospitality when what they really needed is graceful experimentation and learning with a vision focused on hospitality" Brothers and sisters - writing a word salad like this isn't going to save you from the confronting cultural challenges. Nice isn't going to save you. Hospitality isn't going to save you. How did the children of no-nonsense Dutch farmers learn to bring words this nonsensical into existence? You can either speak Biblical truth or you can assimilate yourselves into the cultural norms of the day. You can't paper over the choice with pretentious liberal jargon.
31:00 So this is what we have to say about our response to the most pressing internal/external cultural conflict that the church is currently enduring.
These pastors decided to "Set aside the theological discussion of sexuality" because they didn't want to get "stuck in theology".
So instead,
"They struggled with the need to perfect reflexes of hospitality when what they really needed is graceful experimentation and learning with a vision focused on hospitality"
Brothers and sisters - writing a word salad like this isn't going to save you from the confronting cultural challenges. Nice isn't going to save you. Hospitality isn't going to save you. How did the children of no-nonsense Dutch farmers learn to bring words this nonsensical into existence?
You can either speak Biblical truth or you can assimilate yourselves into the cultural norms of the day. You can't paper over the choice with pretentious liberal jargon.