Last
week’s Supreme Court decision on homosexual marriage has sent shock waves
through the American Church. Many people of faith are afraid of the
consequences of this decision. They predict the church will lose its tax exempt
status, will be subject to crippling lawsuits, and that clergy who decline to
perform homosexual weddings will be heavily penalized.
I
confess fearing these things, too. But I think the greatest danger for the church is that it will become “the
church.” Here's what I mean: