A friend of mine contacted Mark Lowry Productions and received an answer that this episode occured several years ago and has been retold and changed so much that it is hardly accurate anymore. Jesus sure didn't just idly hope the fundamentalist Pharisees would find Him! Jesus would have told these two ladies that what they are doing is wrong and they need to repent! When Christ crossed paths with individuals engaging in open public sin, He told the woman caught in adultery to "go and sin no more" and confronted one woman with the truth that she was living in sin with another man. That is not presenting the gospel of Jesus Christ. These two men are giving tacit approval and are outright condoning their sinful lifestyle. But this is not showing Christian love to these two women. I am stunned! Gaither and Lowry might think they are doing what Jesus would do - the whole "judge not" thing. The one who says, 'You are my child, I love you, come stand by my side.' So sing with me again!" The one that says, 'I am right here for you.' The one who sent His son. The only God I know is the one in this song that she wrote. Well I want you to know that I don't know that God. In the last part of the concert later that night, Gaither invited the crowd to sing along to "For Those Tears I Died." He then said: "You know, the young woman who wrote that song is here with us tonight, and maybe you're like she was and you've heard about a God who would reject you for who you are or who might turn you away for something you've done or where you've come from. A photo at Stevens' web site shows her and her lesbian partner with Bill Gaither and Mark Lowry. They're going to have a lot to answer for, leaving out people that Jesus died for" (Marsha Stevens, New Years Eve 2002 with Bill Gaither," Bill and Gloria Gaither then came over and told her that they, too, appreciate her ministry today. Surprised, she said, "You know what I'm doing now?" He replied: "I sure do and I wish the fundamentalists would find Jesus. Mark Lowry, who has sung with the Gaither Vocal Band for many years, approached her and said that he was proud of what she is doing. (NOTE: Here's a picture of Stevens with her "bride" at their "wedding.")
In late 2002, Bill Gaither and Mark Lowry met with and encouraged Marsha Stevens, the lesbian author of the popular gospel song "For These Tears I Died." Stevens, who has a ministry called BALM (Born Again Lesbian Music), attended the Gaither Homecoming concert in Phoenix in December 2002, with her lesbian partner.
If you can, I'll explain to you why that is no nightmare to me! Such a creature does not exist!ĭavid Cloud (and I am no big fan of David Cloud and his KJV-Only & Anti-Reformed Theology screeds) but let's not fall prey to the genetic fallacy here - consider the argument as presented, not the presenter of the argument) wrote the following: (You can read Stevens' own version of the night HERE: () - just do a page search for "Gaither" or scroll down til you see it (near the bottom as of Jan 27)). Someone will have to explain the multiple-level oxymoron in that description. Where Marsha Stevens really became famous was a decision she made - Stevens became the first (and as of 2002, the only) major singer in the contemporary Christian music subculture to identify herself publicly as a lesbian…Christian Century Magazine has said that Stevens became "conservative Christianity's worst nightmare - a Jesus-loving, Bible-believing, God-fearing lesbian Christian."
She was the leader of what is considered to be the world's first contemporary Christian music group, Children of the Day.” The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music says “If Larry Norman is to be called the father of Christian Rock, then Marsha Stevens certainly deserves to be known as the mother of contemporary Christian music, a title that Christian Century and others have bestowed upon her. You might not have heard of Marsha Stevens. Anyway, we've all heard of Bill Gaither and those he sings with, such as comedian/singer Mark Lowry. On these occasions, he manages to get the best and brightest in the Souther Gospel industry to gather and soulfully sing everyone's favorites. Gaither's fame and influence has increased exponentially with the incredible popularity of his "Homecoming" concerts and video reunions. Gaither even has a page in the Baptist Hymnal - he wrote "He lives, He lives - Christ Jesus lives today - you ask me how I know He lives - He lives within my heart." God likes to talk to little boys while they're fishin'. (It's bubblin', bubblin', bubblin' in my soul. I remember singing (or listening to my sisters sing) "I AM A PROMISE" on my parents' eight-track in the old Dodge Royal Monaco growing up.
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