Louie Giglio declines offer to pray at inauguration.

[12strings]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ulls-out-of-inaugural-over-anti-gay-comments/

 

[preachinjesus]

This is a very telling moment for the country.

I don't what anybody else thought yesterday, but with this and National Cathedral announcing their openness to same-s3x unions/marriages it was a big day for the gay movement. They've gone from being an ambiguous and persecuted sub-culture to dictating policy and national priorities. They've done it in 30 years.

Louie is a great guy, a great guy. He's a humble pastor who wants nothing more than to exalt Christ and glorify God. There is nothing in his ministry that speaks of hate. However, we all must be prepared to be called anti-_____ and haters if we stand on biblical commands. Our nation is heading to cultural oblivion. It is the recompense we deserve.

 

[mont974x4]

It is good for Louie, and the rest of us, to draw these lines and stand up. Pray for him as he faces these attacks.

 

[go2church]

We want diversity! Wait a minute, not that kind of diversity!!!

Cracks me up

 

[Scarlett O.]

I really appreciate Lou Giglio. Here's one of my favorite quotes by him.

“Worship is our response to God. In other words, we don’t initiate worship; God does. He reveals; we respond. He discloses; we respond. He unveils; we respond. He chooses to show us how amazing He is; we say, God, You’re amazing!’ Our whole relationship with God works the same way. He loves; we love in return. He calls; we answer. He leads; we follow.”

Lou Giglio, The Air I Breathe

He knows better than anyone if the persons who asked him to pray did so to make a stink over his previous comments.

If he feels that a commotion made about it would override the exaltation of God by his praying, then it's his call. I, personally, would have loved to have him pray at the inauguration.

 

[JPPT1974]

It is about diversity. And doing the right thing. As Louie has his reasons for declining!

 

[mont974x4]

I have several of Giglio's resources and I enjoy them. I doubt Obama would have cared for the prayer Gigliio would have offered. It would have been a God glorifying prayer, I am sure.

 

[mont974x4]

I hear Rev. Wright may be available.

 

[righteousdude2]

I Know What You Mean...

This is a very telling moment for the country.

I don't what anybody else thought yesterday, but with this and National Cathedral announcing their openness to same-s3x unions/marriages it was a big day for the gay movement. They've gone from being an ambiguous and persecuted sub-culture to dictating policy and national priorities. They've done it in 30 years.

Louie is a great guy, a great guy. He's a humble pastor who wants nothing more than to exalt Christ and glorify God. There is nothing in his ministry that speaks of hate. However, we all must be prepared to be called anti-_____ and haters if we stand on biblical commands. Our nation is heading to cultural oblivion. It is the recompense we deserve.

...currently on another forum, I am being called many different things for my stance on this subject. And what is even more surprising is that there are not many believers willing to jump into the argument and fight the good fight along side of me.

Check out these three links to see what I am going through, and if you feel like commenting, please do. I could use the support.

If it takes a few seconds to open, it is because of the large number of comments made, making it sluggish to open.

On this particular post, I was forced to remove more than 70 comments with photos for their inappropriateness, and I was slammed for being the "Moral police!" http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981762428

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981825165

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981835231

Giving up a chance to be part of history is true dedication to God.

 

[annsni]

I very much admire Louie and think of him as a solid man of God. He even delayed starting one of the Passion conferences to pray for my husband when he was just walking again after falling off the roof. It was at our church and my hubby was helping to organize it and he and Charlie Hall and his band had a most amazing prayer time with hubby before they started.

I thought it was great that he was invited but not surprised at the "digging up" of "dirt" on him. Too bad the "dirt" is solid Biblical teaching.

 

[HAMel]

I will be so glad when it's all over.

"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first."

 

[quantumfaith]

This is a very telling moment for the country.

I don't what anybody else thought yesterday, but with this and National Cathedral announcing their openness to same-s3x unions/marriages it was a big day for the gay movement. They've gone from being an ambiguous and persecuted sub-culture to dictating policy and national priorities. They've done it in 30 years.

Louie is a great guy, a great guy. He's a humble pastor who wants nothing more than to exalt Christ and glorify God. There is nothing in his ministry that speaks of hate. However, we all must be prepared to be called anti-_____ and haters if we stand on biblical commands. Our nation is heading to cultural oblivion. It is the recompense we deserve.

:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

 

[quantumfaith]

Although I am not a zealous fan of Dr. Mohler, I do respect him. He is spot on in his analysis that we are entering a time of "moral McCarthyism" as he points out in the following article concerning the Giglio incident.

http://www.albertmohler.com/2013/01...blic-inauguration-of-a-new-moral-mccarthyism/

 

[Oldtimer]

Although I am not a zealous fan of Dr. Mohler, I do respect him. He is spot on in his analysis that we are entering a time of "moral McCarthyism" as he points out in the following article concerning the Giglio incident.

http://www.albertmohler.com/2013/01...blic-inauguration-of-a-new-moral-mccarthyism/

In other words, a Christian pastor has been effectively disinvited from delivering an inaugural prayer because he believes and teaches Christian truth.

Amos 8: KJB
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:

12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

 

[SolaSaint]

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. John 3:19

This is as easy as determining white from black, light from darkness. America has spoken against their Creator in favor of the creature. We saw this at the DNC last year.

 

[quantumfaith]

Amos 8: KJB
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:

12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

OT, please help.....I am not understanding your point to "me".

 

[quantumfaith]

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. John 3:19

This is as easy as determining white from black, light from darkness. America has spoken against their Creator in favor of the creature. We saw this at the DNC last year.

:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

 

[righteousdude2]

Can Someone Please Find Out For ME???

...I have been hearing the press report that Louie was asked to step aside. This OP suggests that Louie made the choice to step aside.

I'd sure like to know what it was, because when you think about it, asking to step aside is not the same as stepping aside by personal choice.

Just askin' if there is something that would clear this up?

 

[Zaac]

...I have been hearing the press report that Louie was asked to step aside. This OP suggests that Louie made the choice to step aside.

I'd sure like to know what it was, because when you think about it, asking to step aside is not the same as stepping aside by personal choice.

Just askin' if there is something that would clear this up?

Dear PCC Family,

Though I was invited by the President of the United States to pray at his upcoming inauguration, after conversations between our team and the White House I am no longer serving in that role. I sent the following statement to the White House today:

I am honored to be invited by the President to give the benediction at the upcoming inaugural on January 21. Though the President and I do not agree on every issue, we have fashioned a friendship around common goals and ideals, most notably, ending slavery in all its forms.

Due to a message of mine that has surfaced from 15-20 years ago, it is likely that my participation, and the prayer I would offer, will be dwarfed by those seeking to make their agenda the focal point of the inauguration. Clearly, speaking on this issue has not been in the range of my priorities in the past fifteen years. Instead, my aim has been to call people to ultimate significance as we make much of Jesus Christ.

Neither I, nor our team, feel it best serves the core message and goals we are seeking to accomplish to be in a fight on an issue not of our choosing, thus I respectfully withdraw my acceptance of the President’s invitation. I will continue to pray regularly for the President, and urge the nation to do so. I will most certainly pray for him on Inauguration Day.

Our nation is deeply divided and hurting, and more than ever we need God’s grace and mercy in our time of need.

The issue of homosexuality (which a particular message of mine some 20 years ago addressed) is one of the most difficult our nation will navigate. However, individuals’ rights of freedom, and the collective right to hold differing views on any subject is a critical balance we, as a people, must recover and preserve.

As a pastor, my mission is to love people, and lead them well, while lifting up the name of Jesus above anything else. I’m confident that anyone who knows me or has listened to the multitude of messages I have given in the last decade would most likely conclude that I am not easily characterized as being opposed to people—any people. Rather, I am constantly seeking to understand where all people are coming from and how to best serve them as I point them to Jesus.

In all things, the most helpful thing I can do is to invite each of us to wrestle with scripture and its implications for our lives. God’s words trump all opinions, including mine, and in the end, I believe God’s words lead to life.

My greatest desire is that we not be distracted from the things we are focused on…seeing people in our city come to know Jesus, and speaking up for the last and least of these throughout the world.

Honored to be your pastor,
Louie

It looks like there was a ground swell to start the process of making an old sermon an issue and rather than allowing it to be a distraction, he decided to not do the prayer.