Following up his message, Young posted, “Last week, we studied the parables found in Luke 15. We saw what Jesus taught us about being ‘lost.’ So many of us are lost in life. We have wandered away, while others have become distant from God, even right here at home.”
“We know our nation is lost,” Young added. “But we also know that personally and as a nation, we can return to the Father through His Son, Jesus Christ. He is the Way back!”
On Friday, March 1, Indivisible Houston, a group that describes itself as people who are “advocates for government of, by, and for The People through education, engagement, and resistance” and “demands that our congressional representatives stand up to the White House and defeat the Trump agenda,” protested Young’s sermon by projecting “Jesus was a migrant” near the church’s sign.
The advocate group, which asks people to join it in holding “our elected officials accountable and bring positive political change to our community,” shared images of its protest with the caption: “BREAKING: Houstonians Project ‘Jesus was a migrant’ on 2nd Baptist Church. Immigrants are welcome here. Ed Young’s hate isn’t.”
Indivisible Houston president Daniel Cohen told the Houston Chronicle that the “normalization of demonizing immigrants is a plague on our society. This is not normal. It will never be normal. And it is dangerous what Ed Young is doing.”
“He owes everybody an apology and frankly they should be calling for his resignation,” Cohen added. “To allow this kind of rhetoric to go unchallenged is a dangerous pattern and a dangerous cycle.”
BREAKING: Houstonians Project "Jesus was a migrant" on 2nd Baptist Chuch
Immigrants are welcome here.
Ed Young's hate isn't. pic.twitter.com/A9mo01nB8j
— Indivisible Houston (@indivisibleHOU) March 2, 2024
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