Some time ago I praised Lauren Daigle for hitting some monumental accomplishments. She did, after all, outshine major non-Christian artists. At this stage, she has become a major national figure in the music industry all the while singing explicit and implicit Christian lyrics. She has performed before Ellen, Fallon and others. I find that opportunity exhilarating for a Christian artist. If someone has a gift to use for the kingdom, it should be used both in the smallest and largest platforms available. In that same post, I mentioned that she needed to be careful not to fall into the same immoral hysteria Christian artists fall into after tasting and seeing the goodness of the spotlight (Derek Webb, Jennifer Napp and many others).
Recently, Daigle was asked about whether homosexuality is a sin. I can only imagine the kinds of pressures she receives in her world to keep a certain “open-mind” about these kinds of issues. Once you leave the comfortableness of the south (she’s from Louisiana), you get bombarded with different worldviews, many of which are decidedly non-Christian.
She could have given a fairly astute answer that affirmed both the sinfulness of homosexuality and the hope of the Gospel to rescue all sinners. However, Daigle answered:
“I can’t honestly answer on that, in the sense of I have too many people that I love and they are homosexuals…I can’t say one way or the other, I’m not God. When people ask questions like that, I just say, ‘Read the Bible and find out for yourself. And when you find out let me know because I’m learning too.”
I don’t want to assume Daigle is now descending to unbelief. She will probably receive more questions like these in the future. And she will hopefully have an opportunity to answer them carefully. However, she did succumb to the politically correct answer on that issue. And if she continues to offer such answers, she will continue to make her millions and her music while parading these clearly inoffensive answers to celebrity publicists. As an optimist, I am still hoping that she upholds basic biblical principles on sexuality; and of course, if she does, she will lose a part of her audience, but she may gain an even greater one. If she wants to represent the true God in public, saying “I am not God” is insufficient. We all know you are not God, but the question is “Will you sing and speak what he has already said?”
