Second, we often hear that the Church is evolving on this issue, especially every time a Christian celebrity changes their minds. But the vast majority of evangelicals still hold to the traditional view, and they\u2019re not changing their minds anytime soon. As my \u201cBreakPoint This Week\u201d\u009d cohost, Ed Stetzer, points out in Christianity Today, \u201cEvangelical organizations across the spectrum are making clear where they stand on marriage.\u201d\u009d Groups like the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Christianity Today, and even more progressive social-justice-minded organizations like World Vision and Fuller Seminary, have all unambiguously committed to hold the line on this issue.<\/p>\n
As have denominations. Virtually every evangelical communion has reaffirmed God\u2019s design for sex and marriage. Even in the United Methodist Church, long considered a stronghold of liberal theology, and in the worldwide Anglican communion, the marriage debate has taken a conservative turn as traditional members in Africa and elsewhere exert their influence.<\/p>\n
But, some will reply, \u201cIf Christians don\u2019t all agree on what marriage is, you can\u2019t say there\u2019s such a thing as \u201d\u02dcthe Christian position.\u2019\u201d\u009d But Christian truth isn\u2019t made of what people who call themselves Christians say. It\u2019s revealed truth, made known through creation, through Scripture, ultimately through Christ\u201d\u201deach of which are quite clear about what makes us male and female, what marriage is, and about sexual morality.<\/p>\n