To the editor:

Concerning the April 23 Journal-World article about Josh Longbottom’s visit to Washington, D.C., I would say that as a spiritual leader, he is missing the mark along with the others who were supposedly speaking for the Christian faith. The fact is, homosexuality is a SIN. The gays want recognition, rights and even more. God wants them to be reconciled to him so that they can be set free from their sin.

Josh talks about progressive clergy and Christian diversity. Isaiah said, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.” Christian diversity involves God-created differences such as different tongues, tribes, nations; or God gifts as stated in Romans 12 and I Corinthians 12. It does not involve sinful sexual orientations. This is clear when one considers Jesus’ famous exposition in Matthew 6 on “You have heard that it was said,” and “But, I tell you.” Also, it is clear from Paul’s list of those who will not inherit the Kingdom of God (see I Corinthians 6), or even more sobering, from the list of those who will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire (see Revelations 21). Jesus said it best (as he always does) in Mark 2, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

The 250 in Washington, D.C., are the so-called righteous, thinking they (and the ones they hope to help) don’t need to be healed of their sin sickness. We sinners know that we need God’s forgiveness and power, which allows us to be free from the power of sin.

Carl Burkhead, Lawrence