Macro-sin and the DOMA

Quite the title, hunh?!

The Supreme Court put further pressure on churches and Christians recently with its decisions concerning the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).  Its got evangelicals and pastors all riled up and wondering what's coming next from the government (even our church's insurance agent wanted to talk about the issue!).

As important as issue as this is, though, I think it's a mistake for the church to go 'all in' on it.

Too often, we can get all bothered by a micro-sin issue.  Right now, it's homosexuality.  A generation ago it might have been divorce or pre-marital relations or substance abuse.  Need not matter what the specific issue is, but we focus on a micro-sin issue almost at the exclusion of considering the macro-sin perspective: every one of is a sinner.

As Paul says, we've all fallen short.  None of us is perfect.

Say what you want about the Court's decisions, but if we get all riled up at this one particular issue while failing to consider how we're all messed up, how we all need grace, how Jesus came to restore all of us, then we'll put further distance between us and the folks Jesus came for.