I appreciate the Robertson family\u2019s strong commitment to biblical principles and their refusal to back down under intense media pressure over Phil Robertson\u2019s comments in a recent interview. <\/p>\n
As the Robertson controversy winds down\u2014at least for now\u2014I have been amazed at how many churches have apparently \u201cducked\u201d out on the (sin) issue. Some were even quick to condemn Phil Robertson. If we Christians banded together and took a stand, perhaps we wouldn\u2019t be losing so much ground in what the media is calling the \u201ccultural war.\u201d However, it is not a cultural war\u2014it is a religious war against Christians and the biblical truths we stand for. Some churches have fallen into the trap of being politically correct, under the disguise of tolerance.<\/p>\n
God is not \u201cpolitically correct,\u201d and He is certainly not tolerant of sin. The Bible tells us that He is going to judge all sin one day; and anyone who is not found under the blood of His Son, Jesus Christ, will face an eternity in hell separated from God. Scripture says, \u201cSo it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth<\/i>\u201d (Matthew 13:49-50). But today God is willing to forgive anyone who truly repents (is willing to turn from their sin), asks for His forgiveness, and believes on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (\u201cFor whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved\u201d Romans 10:13). <\/p>\n
Franklin Graham
\nPresident and CEO
\nSamaritan’s Purse
\nAsociaci\u00f3n Evagel\u00edstica Billy Graham<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Franklin Graham’s statement on how some churches reacted to the recent controversy surrounding “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson: I appreciate the Robertson family\u2019s strong commitment to biblical principles and their refusal to back down under intense media pressure over Phil Robertson\u2019s comments in a recent interview. As the Robertson controversy winds down\u2014at least for now\u2014I [&hellip<\/p>","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[414],"class_list":["post-30960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-ministry","tag-franklin-graham","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30960"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34522,"href":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30960\/revisions\/34522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}