David Kotter Analysis

I found the symposium very interesting. I thought that David Kotter made a very good point. He told us first that the battle is coming to us and that we should not be surprised when we deal with the issue of religious freedom, for in 1 Peter, it says to not be surprised WHEN we are faced with trails. The word “when” implies that it will happen, it’s just a matter of time. If he had said “if” then maybe there would or wouldn’t be trials. So we know by this wording that as a Christian and a follower of Christ, we will face trials. He also told us not to be afraid of it and to be wise but innocent. I believe that a big part in being not afraid and being wise is being educated on these topics and that is why this issue was an important one for
His main point was that the biggest threat to religious liberty was actually those who aren’t committed to preserving it, not those working against it. The most important response isn’t a legal response, he argued it was a faith response. It is the little things we compromise on that have led to Christians losing the big battles. Christians cannot compromise, or be “tolerant” to the point of being made to celebrate something that is against our God. We can, and are told to, love those who sin because we all sin. That does not mean we that have to tell them that we think it is okay to sin or, even worse, to celebrate that sin. That is not love at all. It is not love to celebrate someone’s sin when that sin is the very thing leading to their
John Stonestreet talked about how one side or the other has to separate their belief from their conduct. Either Christians have to separate our belief from conduct, an example being Jack making the cake, or non- Christians do, in this case that would mean the gay couple accepting Jack’s beliefs and going to another cake shop. He also said that love and truth are inseparable. You cannot love someone and aid in their sinning. If you aid someone in their sin you are aiding them in their death.
The symposium didn’t change my view on the issue, most of it is what I already believed about it. However, I did learn something new from Jenna Ellis on the divine law that the constitution was derived from and the certainty we have of that. I learned how important our history is in preserving our religious freedom in the present. It did not necessarily change the way I live since I already found this topic important, however it made me more interested in learning about the founders of the United States and just what exactly is in the Constitution and Bill of