So many heroes, so little heroism

In an admirably caustic post at the First Things website, Owen Strachan calls out "evangelical" pastors who congratulate themselves on their "brave" choice to ignore the Bible and affirm homosexual desire, practice, and marriage. His conclusion says it all:

This is the endgame of the affirming movement. It is a project that removes the scandal of the faith. Once you’ve whitewashed your house’s doorposts of their bloody stain, you find that your neighbors stop looking at you funny, and your house looks just like every other abode in Egypt.