On the face of it a sermon calling for compassion on particular groups in society.
However when you begin to get behind the rhetoric what do you have?
A fresh divisiveness! An attempt to pull on emotions for those who now allegedly are fearing for their lives!
One reaction is well put here
“Jesus loves people. He loves you. He loves me. He loves illegal immigrants. He loves kids who are confused about their gender. His heart is merciful toward us. But loving every person does not mean He loves every idea or every action. Mercy doesn’t look like capitulating to ideologies that lead to harm. Mercy looks like intervening to stop the harm from happening, and it’s precisely that intervention that Bishop Budde was standing staunchly against in her speech. She framed the whole thing as love, of course, but the brand of love she was peddling wasn’t love at all, and that’s why it vexes me.
You should be able to step foot in a Christian church and find that the leaders are pointing you toward Jesus and the truth that can save.
Jesus says, “Come as you are,” not “Stay as you are.” Faithful Christian leaders lovingly encourage their congregants to surrender their sins to Jesus and allow Him to transform them from the inside out. To be a Christian is to be willing to change. It means your identity is in Him, not your sexual preferences or rebellion against the material reality of your sex. “