Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse, was quick to rebuke the absurdity of the claim in a Facebook post, calling the sermon "blasphemous."
"This is repulsive and shameful," Franklin wrote. "To insinuate that Jesus Christ, the Holy Son of God, is transgender or to sexualize in any way His sacrificial death on the Cross for the sins of mankind is utter heresy."
While chapel speakers on secular university campuses have hardly been known for faithfully espousing God's Word, what's more alarming is an increasing unfaithfulness to the Scriptures by pastors of Christian congregations across the United States.
A 2022 survey of 1,000 Christian pastors across seven major groupings of denominations revealed that only 37% of clergy have a Biblical worldview. Most surprising was the percentage of pastors in evangelical denominations who don't uphold Biblical beliefs. Meanwhile, pastors of nondenominational and independent Protestant churches scored the highest for upholding Biblical beliefs. READ MORE
