Don't Be A Putz

I'm with you on the "issues surrounding salvation" being the essentials. I am. I guess I'm just reacting to your suggestion that maybe Boyd should not have done what he did. I think his options were

a) do what he did, announce that his church will not endorse any political figure, or exhort people to go out and vote in Person X or vote down Proposition Y.

b) oblige those asking, even though he is strongly against it.

c) keep saying "no", over and over and over again. Were I him, I'd figure I'd be doing people a favor to say, "look, I'm just going to keep saying 'no', so don't bother asking." He didn't say that everyone who disagrees with him ought to leave; they left of their own accord, as they were free to do. Is Boyd's job to please all of the people all of the time?

I think I overstated my case in saying that this issue may be an "essential". I hold that Boyd can be justified in doing what he did without the issue being an "essential".

Is Boyd allowed to preach on anything other than "essentials"? If so, does he constantly have to pepper his speech with "now, this is just me talkin' here" or "I could be wrong, but" or "let me delineate the different positions on this issue, but my own feelings are a private matter"?