Best of the week entry 2

Comes from Tim Challies and is pretty hard hitting and perhaps controversial: The Burden of Perverse Assumptions. Tim asks if the widespread acceptance and embrace of deviancy, specifically male homosexuality, has led to the decline of close male friendships among normal men.

My mother has often remarked that men, and Christian men in particular, go through life lonely—forsaken by other men who should be their friends. And I think she is right. I wonder if we, too, bear the burden of perverse assumptions. Maybe we, too, from our early days feel the need to prove that we are not homosexual. And we do this by fleeing emotional or spiritual intimacy with other men, assuming that such relationships are unworthy of men—real men.

The societal prevalence of homosexuality is not going to lessen anytime soon. While Christians must continue to insist that homosexuality cannot be reconciled with Scripture (and you may like to read Dr. Mohler’s book to learn more about why this is the case) we must also not allow it to usurp friendship and to reframe the way we, as Christians, and Christian men, view and understand friendship. We have far too much to lose.

I think this is an interesting question and a valid one. Give it a read and let me know what you think....