How Did We Get Here? Look No Further Than Big Eva

You may remember, in 2019, JD Greear—then president of the Southern Baptist Convention—stood before his audience and declared that Christians should “stand up and be among the fiercest advocates for the preservation of the dignity and the rights of LGBT people.”

Those were his exact words.

Not whispered. Not couched. Aggressive, sweeping, unqualified.

Unironically, this was the same sermon in which he insisted the Bible only “whispers” about homosexuality, as though God accidentally misplaced His megaphone when addressing the very sin that Romans 1 says is itself a form of divine judgment.

Throughout the “sermon,” Greear worked hard to paint himself as a voice of reason while mangling the Scriptures into a caricature of compassion. He told his audience, referencing homosexuals, that because the Scriptures don’t treat homosexuality any worse than any other sins:

“You will begin to treat them first and foremost like people who deserve compassion, not scorn or judgment or a political voting bloc we need to marginalize. When you understand that then what that means is that you become a person who will, for example, stand up and be among the fiercest advocates for the preservation of the dignity and the rights of LGBT people.”