Daily Inspiration Quote by Randall Terry

The line is built as a panic flare: a claim that the culture has shifted so far that religious obligation is being rewritten in real time. Terry frames the situation as a tipping point ("It's come to the point"), a familiar movement-leader tactic that turns a complicated social debate into an emergency. The phrase "our Christian duty" is the bait. It invokes moral seriousness, then uses that seriousness to preempt disagreement: if duty itself is under attack, dissent becomes not just permissible but righteous.

The subtext is less about theology than about authority. By casting acceptance as something "people" are saying, Terry creates a vague, faceless antagonist - elites, media, mainline churches, whoever the listener already mistrusts. That ambiguity is a feature, not a bug; it invites the audience to fill in the villain. Calling it "the homosexual movement" further depersonalizes, converting individuals into an organized force with an agenda. It's a rhetorical switch from neighbor to enemy.

"This is absurd" does the closing work. It's not an argument; it's a social cue. It signals that the correct reaction is dismissal, even disgust, and it polices the boundaries of the in-group: serious Christians don't entertain this.

Contextually, Terry comes out of a strain of American activist conservatism that treats cultural change as spiritual warfare. The quote functions as rallying language, not persuasion. Its intent is to harden identity, cast compassion as capitulation, and make refusal feel like faithfulness.