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\"Lifestyle<\/p>\n

In our day and age many Christians, including very prominent ones, have chosen a lifestyle that is fundamentally at odds with their claim to be Christians. This is a lifestyle choice I am talking about \u2013 it is not something genetic, something innate, something inevitable. It is a sin that is so abominable that it is condemned uncategorically in both Testaments. I am speaking, of course, of the tendency in particular among American Christians, and particularly among our leaders, to live in luxury while our brothers and sisters are starving, cold, and oppressed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The quote comes from an old post of mine from back in 2007, also with the title \u201cLifestyle Choice.\u201d<\/a> I thought it might be worth sharing again. The verse from Ezekiel is borrowed from an image on the Redefine Sodomy website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our day and age many Christians, including very prominent ones, have chosen a lifestyle that is fundamentally at odds with their claim to be Christians. This is a lifestyle choice I am talking about \u2013 it is not something genetic, something innate, something inevitable. 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