A former pastor whom Time magazine dubbed among the 100 most influential people in the world said it's "bulls—" that his faith is brought into question now that he's publicly backed same-sex marriage.
Best-selling author and teacher Rob Bell told a British radio host it's time the church catch up with the "modern world" in accepting same-sex marriage and that questioning the orthodoxy of those who do amounts to "the sort of bulls— that really, really, really pushes people away" from Christianity.
Bell has become a superstar of the emergent church movement, and his Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Mich., was once one of the fastest growing in the country, until his controversial book "Love Wins" created fallout in the congregation and pushed him to move out of the pastorate toward a wider ministry.
But Carl Gallups, pastor of Hickory Hammock Baptist Church in Milton, Fla., and author of the Amazon.com science and religion best-seller "The Magic Man in the Sky: Effectively Defending the Christian Faith," warns that on this issue, Bell has become "nothing more than a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing."
REST OF STORY, RADIO INTERVIEWS and VIDEO and MANY MORE QUOTES FROM CARL GALLUPS HERE:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/questioning-faith-of-same-sex-marriage-fans-bulls/
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