The Rise of Pride: How the Heresy of LGBTQ Has Sunk Its Teeth in the Church
1. Pride Didn’t Creep In—It Marched Through the Front Door
Let’s be honest: Pride Month is no longer just a cultural movement. It’s a full-blown religion. It has its own creeds, evangelists, martyrs, sacraments, and high holy days. But the scandal isn’t that the world celebrates sin—the scandal is that the church has started to.
We didn’t just leave the back door open. We rolled out the rainbow carpet.
What used to be clear in Scripture is now “nuanced.” What used to be called sin is now “identity.” What used to be rebuked is now platformed. We have LGBTQ-affirming pastors preaching self-love from pulpits that once thundered with repentance. We have churches marching in parades that glorify what Romans 1 calls shameful.
And we dare call it love?
No. It’s cowardice dressed in compassion. It’s heresy with a glitter beard and a tolerance flag. It’s a betrayal of the gospel, the Word, and the souls we claim to shepherd.
2. From Sodom to the Sanctuary
The Bible isn’t shy about sexual sin. Leviticus 18. Romans 1. 1 Corinthians 6. Jude. It’s all there. Clear. Repeated. Unmistakable. Homosexuality is not a gray area. It is sin.
But the modern church has done what Israel did in the wilderness: we’ve grown tired of holiness and started longing for Egypt. We want the world’s applause more than heaven’s approval. So we tweak the message, soften the edges, rebrand sin as authenticity, and call compromise compassion.
We don’t preach repentance—we host Q&A panels. We don’t call people to die to self—we celebrate their self-expression. We don’t weep over rebellion—we raise it to leadership.
You think God is pleased with this?
He judged Sodom. He judged Israel. He judged churches in Revelation that tolerated sexual immorality. Why would He not judge us?
3. False Shepherds, Rotten Fruit
The greatest threat to the church isn’t gay activists outside—it’s false shepherds inside.
Jesus warned us: wolves in sheep’s clothing. Paul warned us: savage men who will rise from within the church, not outside it. And they’ve come, smiling, progressive, inclusive, and as spiritually deadly as a snake in the nursery.
These aren’t shepherds. They’re hirelings. They affirm the sinner instead of calling him to the cross. They preach self-esteem instead of self-denial. They use Jesus’ name like a brand sticker slapped on a heretical product.
But fruit doesn’t lie. And the fruit of LGBTQ-affirming theology is this:
- Doctrinal decay
- Sexual confusion
- Broken families
- The silencing of Scripture
- The normalization of sin
Woe to the pastors who say “Peace, peace” where there is no peace (Jeremiah 6:14). Woe to those who bless what God has cursed. Woe to those who make others stumble through their cowardly compromise.
4. Love Tells the Truth
The excuse is always the same: “We just want to be loving.”
Newsflash: lying to people is not loving. Telling them God approves of their rebellion is not love—it’s spiritual malpractice.
1 Corinthians 6:9–11 is the most offensive and beautiful passage for this conversation:
"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality... will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ."
That’s the gospel. That’s love.
We don’t affirm sin—we proclaim the Savior who rescues from it. We don’t protect identities—we preach transformation. We don’t hand out affirming stickers—we offer resurrection.
Anything less is betrayal.
5. The Church Must Not Play Along
This isn’t a side issue. This is a first-order, soul-on-the-line, Galatians-1-anathema-level issue.
Churches who affirm LGBTQ identity as compatible with Christianity are not progressive—they’re apostate. They have walked away from the faith once for all delivered to the saints. And unless they repent, they will lead their people straight to judgment.
We cannot stay silent. We cannot try to be the “cool” church that gets culture’s approval. Christ said the world would hate us. He didn’t say to make it hate us less.
The answer isn’t PR—it’s preaching. The answer isn’t nuance—it’s repentance. The answer isn’t waving flags—it’s raising the cross.
6. Pride Comes Before the Fall
The irony is almost too obvious.
The entire movement is called Pride—the very sin that cast Satan from heaven, hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and kindled God’s wrath against rebellious Israel.
God is not neutral on pride. He hates it (Proverbs 8:13). He opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble (James 4:6). And yet, the church has begun hosting it, celebrating it, preaching it.
If we don’t repent, judgment is not coming—it’s already here.
7. Christ Is Still King
There is hope—but it’s not in affirmation, rebranding, or cowardice.
It’s in Christ.
He still saves. Still sanctifies. Still breaks chains. Still transforms sinners of every stripe. Including sexual sinners. Including LGBTQ sinners. Just like He transformed us.
The gospel has not changed. Christ is still King. And the Word still stands.
Let the church rise—not with rainbow flags, but with open Bibles.
Not with cultural conformity, but with Spirit-filled courage.
Not with tolerance of sin, but with truth and grace and the blood of Jesus Christ.
Because eternity is real. And compromise is not compassion.
Stand. Speak. And don’t you dare trade truth for applause.
The gospel is too glorious. And souls are too valuable.
Thanks for reading.
