Analysis Of Preston Sprinkle's 'People To Be Loved'

For a while, traditional church going people were apparently on the winning side, but then we lost touch with our purpose for which God called and saved us. We lost our perspective, if we had any beyond our own spiritual households. We lost our ability to love and meet people where they are. Now we’ve been knocked down and knocked out by the rise of apparent incorruption and immorality. The Church appears to be down and out. How do we respond to the sudden changes in opinion on same-sex marriage and same-sex sexual behavior (SSB)?

In his book, “People to be Loved (Zondervan, 2015)”, Preston Sprinkle challenges those on all sides of the SSB debate to think, study, listen, and consider what the Bible says and how we should approach the topic
He’s a man who really, truly does care about those who have been hurt, pushed away, and demonized by ignorant and fear laden Christians. At one point, I found myself reading through this book, Winning People, Losing America, to make sure my tone was appropriate and not too abrasive. It’s really difficult and close to impossible to talk about tough subjects like this and not get under somebody’s skin. It’s a good thing I am nearing the end of this topical home game so that I can go over the book again. In the meantime, I encourage to go and read a few of Preston’s books as they contain a perspective and tone, not to mention hundreds of hours of invaluable contact and direct research, that you may not necessarily find in passages to follow in this book.

As for this new unwanted rivalry that has been created when same-sex marriage became the law of the land, need I remind you that at some point in the rivalry, if it really is a rivalry, the other side has to start winning a few games again too. Otherwise, the team currently doing all the winning may eventually start to lose interest, take their opponent for granted (as the Church did), and show up at games unprepared and unfocused and that’s