Quoting the Westminster Standards on public television...

Pastor Bayly, thank you for your faith, courage, and work! Praise God that His Word is proclaimed even on these broadcasts. I pray that many come to repentance and faith in Christ because of this work.

Love,

Paul

What Michael, Paul, and Ken said! 

Love,

Brian

Oh my stars! That piece in the middle - where the young man being interviewed blamed a teen suicide on "Gay-bashing" when he inadvertently admitted it was just bullying, not gay-bashing.  It seems they had to look very hard to find something that fit their agenda.

I'm so thankful for you witness on that program!

Outstanding defence of the faith once delivered.  I add that when the rulers side with evil men they are sharers in their sin.  Both rulers and sodomites must be called to repentance and restitution.

You even got to be a pastor to the law professor, addressing her conscience:

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Rick Sutton: Hoosiers are pretty pragmatic and pretty common-sense, when you have a law on the books and you've had one appeals court decision that affirmed it, there's really no need to amend the constitution.

Tim: Well of course there is a need to amend the constitution, and I'm sure professor understands the need although she doesn't support it. The need to amend the constitution is because we have probably about a hundred years now of activist judges who have been trained by their law professors to act against the will of the electorate. That was what Roe v. Wade was, when they passed Roe v. Wade they threw out the states of -- they threw out the laws of almost every state in the Union. And so the reason for the constitutional amendment, and it's very important, is to prohibit law schools and the justices and the appelate court judges that they have trained from legislating from the bench. That's the reason.

A big part of Tim's usefulness on the show was his willingness to evaluate the truthfulness of what the others were saying and speak up. What a terrifying prospect! But who do I fear, God or man?

The other aspect was Tim's preparedness. It's a reminder to me that you need to have previously studied so you're ready, there's no time in that moment to go study.

I need to be diligent so that I'm ready in the day that I'm called on to defend the truth.

I'm also dizzy at Mr. Sutton's argument that while on one hand things is changing fast, fast, fast, on the other hand there's absolutely no need for an amendment because nothing's changing at all.

I think Christians should remember that the law of God, though unpopular today as it has been throughout history, can have a surprisingly salutary affect on a society when there is a minority who unashamedly proclaim God's standards of purity. If more churches, as congregations and not simply small groups of men, stood in solidarity and proclaimed, in love, the perversity of our generation's activities, there would be a much larger crowd than the few empty-minded people who were trying so desperately to turn the video of the singing church boy into a concocted national tragedy. Further, it would force debates such as this toward where they should be - the world versus the church in a debate that is both confessional and cultural. Our point of view is not carried by a small group of wackos, but rather it represents the line of purity seen over the last several thousand years of orthodoxy, and in both the Old and New Covenant Scriptures.

Christians might be surprised to find that there are more people out there who have not bowed the knee to Baal than we would have estimated from watching the nightly news. Sodomy is certainly being pushed more than at any time in our country's history, and it certainly receives more attention than it used to, but that does not indicate that it is common, as Tim pointed out.

Our country is an ethical mess, so much so that the rabble that amasses with its signs is usually very futile in their thoughts as a judicial infliction on their sins. They are perverse in their secret activities, and they are perverse in their intellectual activities in their pursuit of a defense of their abominations. Yet, there is hope for widespread spiritual renewal if churches will pray for it, and teach people what it means to live righteously. The church needs a much more developed and consistent teaching on what compromises an objective ethic for Christians, as well as having a sociopolitical ethic that is self-consciously Biblical. Hey, didn't God have something sort of like a law, and didn't the author of Hebrews 2:2 point out that in that system, every sin and crime received a just punishment?

But, then again, I am biased. I am one of those middle-aged, postmillenial, theonomic throw-back types, so what do I know?

Overall, I was impressed with your willingness to stand up for the truth once delivered to the saints. You'll never know who might have been touched by what you said.

Thank you for being faithful to our God and Father.

Dear Tim,

Thank you for faithfully proclaiming God's word and being a fool for Christ's sake, instead of rounding off the edges and "going along to get along". Kara and I watched the clip yesterday, and it was a real encouragement to me.

Love,

Collin