Bio

Dr. Mike Halsey is the chancellor of Grace Biblical Seminary, a Bible teacher at the Hangar Bible Fellowship, the author of Truthspeak and his new book, The Gospel of Grace and Truth: A Theology of Grace from the Gospel of John," both available on Amazon.com. A copy of his book, Microbes in the Bloodstream of the Church, is also available as an E-book on Amazon.com. If you would like to a receive a copy of his weekly Bible studies and other articles of biblical teaching and application, you can do so by writing to Dr. Halsey at michaeldhalsey@bellsouth.net and requesting, "The Hangar Bible Fellowship Journal."

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Other recommended grace-oriented websites are:

notbyworks.org
literaltruth.org
gracebiblicalseminary.org
duluthbible.org
clarityministries.org

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Friday, September 1, 2017

A GUNS-BLAZING ATTACK


Listen to the following guns-blazing-no-holds-bared-attack that occurredin August 2017. The following words are the sum and substance, but not all of the blitzkrieg:

“I cannot think of something more tone-deaf, hurtful, and callous than releasing this statement . . .”

“This statement is a vile, hateful, and deeply unchristian piece of trash.”

“The fruit of this is suffering, rejection, shame, and despair.”

“Really? With all the pain, chaos & cataclysm right now, you thought now was the time for this __________?”

“How could you expect sensitivity from anyone who could spew forth this tripe?”

“It doesn’t reflect my values. I’m disgusted by this statement.”

What in the world has caused this verbal onslaught? Did somebody advocate throwing babies off the Empire State Building? Perhaps someone advised the wholesale slaughter of pedigreed puppies? Or did someone suggest placing a statue of Hitler in Tel Aviv?

No. The following is a list of some the statements that prompted the above vitriol:

“WE AFFIRM that God has designed marriage to be a covenantal, sexual, procreative, lifelong union of one man and one woman, as husband and wife, and is meant to signify the covenant love between Christ and his bride the church.” Eph. 5:22ff

“WE AFFIRM that God’s revealed will for all people is chastity outside of marriage and fidelity within marriage.”

“WE DENY that any affections, desires, or commitments ever justify sexual intercourse before or outside marriage; nor do they justify any form of sexual immorality.” Heb. 13:4; I Thess. 4:3-4, 4:7; I Cor. 6:18-20; Col. 3:5.

“WE AFFIRM that God created Adam and Eve, the first human beings, in his own image, equal before God as persons, and distinct as male and female.” Gen. 1-2

“WE AFFIRM our duty to speak the truth in love at all times, including when we speak to or about one another as male or female.” Eph. 4:15

“WE DENY that the grace of God in Christ is insufficient to forgive all sexual sins and to give power for holiness to every believer who feels drawn into sexual sin.”

The statements on marriage and chastity quoted immediately above are from “The Nashville Statement,” a response to the current moral chaos of relativism wreaking its devastation in Europe, England, and America.

The over-the-top responses against The Nashville Statement are an indication that in the current milieu to quote Jesus about marriage is to get yourself labeled as a hater of the human race. In analyzing the attacks, we see that there are those who are calling what Jesus says, “Tripe,” “Hateful,” and, of all things, “Unchristian.”
 
It’s an example of the principle of Romans 1: when a society rejects general revelation and exchanges the worship of the biblical God for what He created, and make that an object of worship, then “their foolish hearts are darkened,” and, “thinking themselves to be wise, they become fools.” It is only a fool who would call the words of Christ, “unchristian.”

A short time ago, the statements of “The Nashville Statement” would have brought forth because they were recognized as both true and obvious, so obvious as not worthy of mention. “The Nashville Statement” would have elicited words like, “Everybody knows and believes that” and, “Of course.”
But not today. The Nashville Statement is controversial; its concepts are under attack with guns blazing.



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