In reply to Pr. David Schilling.

An interesting reply and quite thought-provoking in many ways.

The thought-provoking aspect is the quote from Peter Forsyth. Quite true. Here's how I interpret that today. "We fail God and we fail our brothers and sisters in Christ when we fail to stand up to what is happening around us."

And, parallel the times of Judges with today. We live in a society where in a short span of time (relatively speaking) we have turned sexual immorality into commonplace in our society.

I thank The Lutheran Witness for publishing the awareness about it as well. And, I agree, we should take comfort in the promise of Jesus, and I think our pastors in our LCMS congregations shouldn't be idle.

Pastors can speak out against what is happening in our society through the gospels! 1 Corinthians 3:16–17; 6:19–20, Ephesians 5:29, Romans 12:1, I'm sorry others don't come to my mind at the moment.

The continued effort to normalize sex changes for children, transgenderism, and gay lifestyles is frightening.

In my humble opinion, our congregations, our pastors, and Synod should stand and speak up against this in a unified voice.