2. She will not be the last Christian leader to declare that she/he is gay. We are living today in a perfect spiritual storm in which biblical ignorance, moral compromise, and societal changes have combined to produce deep spiritual deception.

That's what opened the door for contemporary Christian music artist Jennifer Knapp to "come out," and that's what opened the door for Jars of Clay front man Dan Haseltine to voice apparent support for same-sex "marriage" as well as for influential leaders such as Rob Bell and Jim Wallis to advocate for redefining marriage.

That's also what opened the door for an evangelical publishing conglomerate to publish and aggressively promote a book devoted to promoting "gay Christianity."

At any other time in church history, ideas like this would not been countenanced for a split second among committed followers of Jesus who were grounded in the Word. But today, professing Christians are questioning some of the most basic scriptural truths about morality.

You can expect a lot more surprises in the coming days—both from pastors and musical artists—but as painful as this is to witness, it is a necessary separation that will ultimately divide those who seek to change the Word from those who seek to submit to the Word.

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