Today, in the "out there" column on Fox News I found a story about a man so fed up with the explicit immorality going on right next door to his house that he decided to fight back in a most creative manner.
Mr. Payne's decision to build a not-so-secret garden of colorful prophylactic beauty may be shocking to most passers by in Cape Coral, but I have to say I personally admire the idea. I don't know if Mr. Payne is a Christian or not, but his artistic integrity cannot be questioned.
It's interesting that the mayor's response was that the display was repulsive. Does he find the rampant fornication taking place on a daily basis as repulsive?
As a society, are we repulsed by our sin or are we repulsed more when someone has the gumption to point out our lifestyle as sinful? The answer for Mr. Mayor was clear, just clean up the mess and move along. Nothing to see here.
In light of the touch-feely postmodern, McLaren-Bell, amorphous "engage culture" theology that is quickly becoming the rage with 20-30 somethings, I am reminded how important it is for true believers to still call a sin a sin. We cannot love homosexuals and fornicators and adulterers in the way that Christ loves them if we don't stand firm for the clear biblical teaching on such matters. This will mean that people won't like us. This will mean that the world will find us repulsive sometimes. And this will mean that we are becoming like Jesus.
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