In fact, the quickest way to be labled a homophobe is to make the statement “The Bible clearly reveals that homosexuality is a sin all the time without exception but just like any sin, God can and will forgive a person if they repent and trust Christ to save them.” However, all Christians realize that statement is true. If saying that means that, in the eyes of pretend christians, I “harbor contempt” then that’s a label I am MORE than happy to have pinned on me.

However, I had just been beginning to listen to a few songs from her debut _Kansas_, and really liking what I heard. I had put “Refine Me” on my ipod because I loved how it was written and how she sang it.

I already knew there were rumors about her sexuality before she officially came out. I hoped it wasn’t true, but I was sadly wrong. At that point I stopped listening to her music, because I wasn’t strictly speaking a fan yet, and I figured it was better to leave things that way.

I have not read her entire interview, but your quotes are quite telling. Personally, I am not sure how much pity she deserves. It’s certainly what she wants and what she’s looking for, but she is making an active choice to sin, and no amount of fuzzy rhetoric can cover that over. Moreover, she has pigeon-holed evangelical Christians en masse by describing herself as “worthless” in their eyes. It’s the old trick: “You’re telling me that what I do is sinful, therefore you must hate me, and you are a hateful person.” Grossly unfair, but very, very typical.

We should pray that she will find the light of God’s glory and grace, but I fear in my heart that in the coming years, she will not be the only one who needs prayer as her sin becomes yet more widely accepted in the Church.

Remember, next time you go to church, you are going through the same entrance Ms. Knapp is, the SINNER’S ENTRANCE, and perhaps you’ll be able to see homosexuality as the sin it is, without believing those who practice it are irredeemable.

Also, those who are of Ms. Knapp’s opinion on homosexuality, are doing her no service by supporting her sinful decision, and if you TRULY love her as Christians ought to, you will lovingly (not accusingly, as we are all SINNERS) pray for her, and if you know her personally, speak and remonstrate with her.

Lord, “undo” us all.

Jim

Jennifer Knapp is/was/will be a sinner, as are we all. The point is not her sin, be it homosexuality, theft, etc. The point is what you DO with it. I have committed many sins, and I have repented and asked for God’s forgiveness. Ms. Knapp’s mistake is NOT sinning per se, but her seeing her sin as something else, i.e., not sinful. The born gay or became gay thing is a non-issue, as we are all born sinful, and do sinful things. But we prove our walk, and Jesus’ wonderful gift by RESISTING and CONDEMNING our sin, not by reclassifying it as not a sin. This is Ms. Knapp’s problem, not her sin. Homosexuality is NOT the THE sin, it is a sin. She’s hell-bound as sure a the straightest soul on the planet without Jesus. So, as far as sin is concerned, forget the homosexuality, and focus on the denial of sin. No one is beyond redemption but those who refuse to acknowledge sin. I LOVE Ms. Knapp’s music, and not chiefly because it is great music, though it is, but because the lyrics are Biblical and moving in a way the typical popular Christian music is not. “Lord, undo me….’ ! That’s GREAT, and I only wish Ms. Knapp would pray this for herself and her homosexuality. Making a person aware of her sin is NOT mean or cruel, quite the opposite. I wish more people realized this, and I also wish that people would remember that Christ came to save us from our sin, not to pretend they are sins. God bless.

Jim

I think Derek Webb’s support of Jennifer Knapp is perhaps the most interesting part of this story. I wonder if this will change the trajectory of his ministry and audience.

Sobering reflection. We should all pray for her.