Steven J. Lawson fired from Trinity Bible Church in Dallas. What the Dallas Morning News won't tell you.
I include the the fact that he was an arrogant, pompous homophobe.
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They are dropping like flies.
I had to keep an Excel spreadsheet to make sure I was reporting on all the churches involved the the major figures.
This is the Dallas Morning News article which is a member exclusive.
I will have some articles without a paywall following.
Dallas Morning News, Sept. 21, 2024, Dallas church announces removal of lead pastor due to ‘inappropriate relationship’.”
Lawson, 73, became the teaching pastor at Trinity Bible Church in 2018, the same year the church was founded. Before that, he spent over 40 years as a pastor at churches in Arkansas and Alabama. He has been an influential advocate for Reformed theology, which adheres to Calvinist doctrines about God’s sovereignty and the inerrancy of the Bible.
He has written over 30 books and served as the dean of doctor of ministry studies at The Master’s Seminary, founded by John MacArthur, and as a board member at Ligonier Ministries, founded by R.C. Sproul, according to biographical material on the church’s website and his nonprofit’s website, some of which has been taken down since Lawson’s removal.
This is why it is important to save stuff at the Internet Archive. I will provide a link to a post on the Internet Archive at the end of this post. Of course I am using the Internet Archive for the links I use here.
https://julieroys.com/pastor-author-dean-masters-steve-lawson-fired-inappropriate-relationship/
“Steven Lawson preached fire and brimston for except for himself.”
https://baptistnews.com/article/steve-lawson-preached-fire-and-brimstone-except-for-himself/
Announcement by Trinity Bible Church
Notice they are busy forgiving him. No mention of concern for the woman involved.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The elders at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas regretfully announce that effective immediately, Steven J. Lawson has been removed indefinitely from all ministry activities at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas. Several days ago, the elders at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas were informed by Steve Lawson of an inappropriate relationship that he has had with a woman. The elders have met with Steve and will continue to come alongside him and pray for him with the ultimate goal of his personal repentance. Steve will no longer be compensated by Trinity Bible Church of Dallas.
In light of this, may we be reminded that we are ALL sinners, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners - and Christ remains Head of His Church, which is bigger than any fallen man. In fact, Jesus Christ will continue to lead His Church, including Trinity Bible Church here in Dallas
https://www.trinitybibledallas.org/
The above page as it was 9/21/2024 in the morning is saved at this Internet Archive link. Give the archive a minute for retrieval. They have hundreds of billions of pages aved.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240921181028/https://www.trinitybibledallas.org/
He is the lead preacher in this Internet Archived page.
From their, “Statement on Human Sexuality.”
As our Creator, God stipulates in His Word that the only legitimate and acceptable sexual desires and sexual acts are those between a man and a woman within the context of marriage.[5]
Marriage
We believe marriage is a gift of God’s common grace to all mankind as a fundamental building block of society.[6] As the architect of marriage, God alone retains the right to define its constructs and guidelines, and He has done so in His Word.[7] In accordance with Scripture, we teach that God’s design for marriage is a public, formal, and official covenant between one male and one female.[8]
[5] Gen 2:24; Lev 18:22; 20:13; Matt 5:28; 19:4-6; Rom 1:26-27; 1 Cor 6:9-11; 7:1-5; Gal 5:19-21; 1 Thess 4:3-8; 1 Tim 1:10; Heb 13:4
[8] Gen 2:24; Pr 2:17; Ezek 16:8-14; Mal 2:14
https://www.trinitybibledallas.org/human-sexuality
One Passon Announces Steve Lawson’s resignation.
The devil is evidently tricky. He will convince you to stick your dick in a pussy.
The board of OnePassion Ministries mournfully announces that just recently Steven J. Lawson confessed to the board that he has had an inappropriate relationship with a woman, a sin that has disqualified him from ministry. In response Steve has resigned from all his duties at OnePassion Ministries.
All scheduled events and engagements have been canceled.
Steve has confessed and regrets the damage he has caused to his family, the church, the reputation of OnePassion Ministries and most of all Jesus Christ.
We are saddened for the glory of Christ in this matter. The truth of the gospel will continue go out to the lost world as it is empowered by the Holy Spirit and not by men. It is a reminder that we have been warned of the craftiness of the enemy.
“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8).”
https://web.archive.org/web/20240921182015/https://onepassion.org/
Homophobia of Steven J. Lawson
This is his arrogant homophobia.
Trinity Bible Church has pulled his material, but it is saved at the Internet Archive.
From a sermon, Workplace Christianity.
When we come to the New Testament, just one verse I want to comment before we get into our passage is in 1 Timothy 1:10, in which the New Testament prohibits people from being kidnappers. And these who were kidnappers actually kidnapped in order to sell someone into slavery. And that was absolutely forbidden to take someone against their will, and to then sell them to someone else, that they would now become your slave. In fact, it was such a hideous sin to do this, is that people who were kidnappers for slavery are put in the same list in verse 9 of this passage – or excuse me, they are called ungodly, they're called sinners, they're called unholy, and they're called profane, those who kidnap people and put them into slavery. And those who do so are mentioned in the same verse, verse 10, as homosexuals, and liars, and perjurers, and immoral men. And so Paul condemns this sin of capturing another person and forcing them into slavery against their will, and he equates it with the eighth commandment of the Ten Commandments, Exodus 20:15, "You shall not steal," and one expression of stealing would be to steal the life of another person and sell them into bondage to someone else.
From A Christ-Centered Family.
And so, "be subject to your husbands." The word "husbands" here means a married male. And even here in a somewhat indirect way God is establishing that marriage is only between a man and a woman. It is never a man and a man or a woman and a woman. Such is an abomination and blasphemy against God. And so, "be subject to your husbands," it's interesting it does not read, "be subject by your husbands," but, "to your husbands," and it really puts the ball into the court of the wife, that you must choose to do this, because this is God's will and design for your life.
One Passon Ministries homophobia.
This pages may disappear at anytime, so each one was saved at the Internet Archive. Some of the Google Internet links no longer work. However, using the Internet archive, they could be found. Remember, the Internet Archive has hundreds of billions of pages saved, so it might take a minute to produce the page.
This archived page shows a photo. Sometimes the Internet Archive doesn’t get everything saved, so you will want to check the archiving at different dates.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240310033159/https://onepassion.org/dr-steven-j-lawson/
Homophobic junk at the website.
From Preaching as Warfare.
Conversely, preachers sometimes feel the need to cut doctrinal corners in an attempt to be accommodating and tolerant. Hard-edged truths such as the need for eye-gouging repentance (Matt. 5:29), or countercultural loyalty to biblical assessment of homosexual practice, abortion, or the role of women in ecclesiastical office may be blunted in order to soften the contrast with contemporary taboos.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240302093944/https://onepassion.org/2015-9-1-preaching-as-warfare/
From Preaching in a Postmodern World. You will have to scroll down a little.
One dominating trend within the last fifteen or twenty years is that younger men have not wanted to be as negative in their posture toward the culture as they perceive their spiritual fathers to have been. They perceive the tone of evangelicalism on issues such as abortion and homosexuality to be negative toward the culture, and they have wanted to strike a more ameliorating tone in their preaching. I understand why this is so, but I also want to say to some of our younger brothers that the culture knows they don’t like or agree with us, and there is no way to soften that. I would rather start out by saying to the culture, “You don’t like what I am going to say in four distinct ways, but I believe it anyway, and I’m going to preach it to you, and here is why you should accept it.” I don’t want to try to fool the culture by being ambiguous in those areas where Christian truth claims come into conflict with cultural norms or views.
From Profile of a Servant
It must be remembered that these early believers in Rome were not living in a Christian society. To the contrary, there was not a more immoral, pagan cesspool of iniquity than the Imperial City. Every foul depravity was present in Rome, including prostitution, adultery, lesbianism, homosexuality, and far worse. Nevertheless, this is exactly where God planted this gospel-witnessing church, next to the gates of hell. As the light shines brightest in the darkest night, their faith in Jesus Christ radiated throughout the Roman Empire.
https://onepassion.org/2017-12-20-the-heart-of-a-servant-romans-18-13/
https://onepassion.org/2019-4-25-the-chosen-remnant-romans-927-29/
https://onepassion.org/2017-11-29-death-of-a-society-romans-128-32/
As Paul writes the letter of Romans, he is writing to the church of believers in Rome. The city of Rome was the capital city of the Roman Empire. It was where Cesar has his palace. It was where the Roman senate meets. It was the power hub of the known world, with all of the abuses that come with such unbridled control. Not surprisingly, it was also the most vile, wicked, immoral city in the world. It was a cesspool of iniquity. It was a city that was rank with every kind of licentious sin imaginable. The Imperial City would have made Sodom and Gomorrah blush. In this city was everything from fornication to adultery, lesbianism, homosexuality, bestiality, robbery, lying, arrogance, pride, brutalities, slavery, forced labor, rape, polygamy, idolatry, murder, atheism, and more. There were no moral restraints left.
https://onepassion.org/2018-7-17-holy-living-in-a-hellish-world-romans-612-14/
https://onepassion.org/2018-7-30-the-final-outcome-romans-623/
https://onepassion.org/2017-12-5-the-wrath-of-god-romans-118/
https://onepassion.org/2020-2-27-the-future-salvation-of-israel-romans-1123-27/
In 1 Corinthians 6:9, Paul writes, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified.” This points back to the time when God pulled the believers out of the foul pollution of sin and its wretched defilement. Paul asserted that God washed you, sanctified you, and set you apart to a totally different kingdom. It is the kingdom of God that is marked by holiness, righteousness, and purity. There was a break from their former lifestyle of fornication, idolatry, adultery, homosexuality, stealing, covetousness, drunkenness, reviling, and swindling. There was a clean break with their past. You went from darkness to light, from death to life. That happened the moment they were regenerated. They were washed, sanctified, and set apart.
https://onepassion.org/2018-4-2-a-matter-of-life-and-death-romans-61-2/
https://onepassion.org/2018-1-9-three-great-contrasts-romans-512-17/
https://onepassion.org/2015-3-17-why-faithful-ministry-must-be-counter-cultural/
https://onepassion.org/the-office-of-elder/
https://onepassion.org/2017-12-15-abandoned-by-god-romans-124-27/
Ligonier Ministries
The “tough question,” is how do you remain a bigotted individual and get along with family members who think you are a obnoxious homophobe.
By the way, notice the strategizing to go after the Gay son. Tell you parents if your husband can’t sleep with you to go to hell.
Lawson speaks a little after 8:39
“Watch Again: Should a Christian Attend an LGBTQ Wedding,”
https://www.ligonier.org/posts/should-a-christian-attend-an-lgbtq-wedding
My sister is a homosexual. How do I approach her with the gospel?
https://www.ligonier.org/learn/qas/my-sister-is-a-homosexual-how-do-i-approach-her-with-the-gospel
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