I am curious as to what he said, can you quote it?
Hi
Curlytwirly,
This is not verbatim, okay?
First, I remember Pastor Jay (Haslip) sp? and his wife were having a discussion prior to meeting with 'April' who had contacted Pastor Jay to meet with him. They were both conflicted about the transformation where they both acknowledged that it was not something they would advocate yet they did not want to shun 'April' or to make her feel rejected. Pastor Jay and his wife shared how 'April' was always a nice person and they cared about her.
When Pastor Jay met with 'April', he didn't expect the transformation to be as striking. "April's" physical transformation was masculine enough that no one would ever recognize her as 'April', let alone as a female.
They walked and talked outside for a little while (of course there was editing in the time span). I don't remember the conversation verbatim (word for word), but I do remember Pastor Jay asking 'April' what could he do to help. "April" answered, 'You can call me 'David'. Pastor Jay told 'April' that she was still welcome to come to their Church anytime.
This was a very awkward moment for each of them. Personally, I do not feel that Pastor Haslip 'back peddled'; he was treading upon the waters, seeking God for wisdom in how to handle this. I believe his focus was to not lose "April" as a Believer in Christ. He didn't want to put up a wall between 'April' and Jesus. He started the entire meeting allowing "April" to open up and Pastor Haslip 'listened' as a very tender and loving Pastor.
He did not validate the 'change', yet he did not throw 'April' under the bus. But Curly, he still said something that I felt was 'marginal' (a statement that the transgender supporters would take out of context which was something like this:
“It won’t be easy for me, but it’s not about what’s easy for me, it’s about what’s right in the eyes of God.”
*Sigh*
This is what I 'hate' about these shows. The twisting of God's Word to fit their agenda. They misuse / twist the term of God's judgment as a defense rather than a conviction of the sin.
That was the only thing in this show to me worth watching at the time; as I wanted to 'see' how it was displayed on TV. I still would have preferred that Pastor Haslip had been given 'freedom' to share the Truth.
I stopped watching soon after this episode. I lost interest.
I'd rather have dry, crunchy hair with severe split ends (yeah it's that deep- reality shows 
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