Posted on 03/18/2005 5:53:03 PM PST by M. Espinola
Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The judge in the Terri Schaivo case who reissued an order Friday that prompted Terri's feeding tube to be removed for a third time has withdrawn his membership in a local Baptist Church.
William Rice, the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater, Florida, confirmed the news to the Baptist Press news agency on Friday.
Rice said he received a letter from Greer Thursday confirming he has rescinded his long-standing membership after the church. The Greer letter came days after Rice made public comments in news reports disagreeing with Greer's decisions related to Terri.
Rice said the two exchanged letters about the nature of Greer's church affiliation after the judge commented publicly about his religious views.
The pastor told Baptist Press he had offered to meet with Greer and received the letter as a response.
According to a St. Petersburg Times news report, Greer, earlier this month, said he told a church deacon, "If I don't like what the St. Pete Times writes about me, my only recourse is to cancel my subscription." He told the deacon he would no longer make donations to the church.
Rice told Baptist Press, “I felt like [the Times' comments] opened the door for me to write him and ask what kind of relationship he desired to have with the church."
“Our church has not had an antagonistic relationship with Judge Greer,” and he has not been publicly criticized at any church function, Rice said. “He has friends at the church on a personal level."
Greer's attendance at church began to decline when an official Florida Baptist State Convention publication, the Florida Baptist Witness, began running articles critical of Greer's decision.
Calvary Baptist Church places its newsletters inside the Witness magazine and sends it to its 1,500 members, including Greer.
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My Bible Study class is doing the book of James right now. Faith without deeds is dead. I keep thinking of the passage that talks about when we see our brother on the street and he has no clothing or food and we say to him "Be well, God bless you" but we don't clothe or feed him. We are guilty before God. When I heard that attorney on television say they had said "prayers" for her, I thought I'd gag.... reminded me of James. What good is a thought? It is meaningless until there is an action. I can think kind and good thoughts and sit here and do NOTHING. Even sincere and heartfelt prayer is an ACTION that has power and life.... Liberals are so dorky with all of their "thoughts." I always love when they say "our thoughts are with you" instead of "prayers" like their thoughts have some kind of power....
There's a lot more then meets the eye, with the 'judge' and far beyond.
I read somewhere that this pastor has only been there 5 months.
Why is she crying? She voted to kill Terri.
11 posted on 03/18/2005 6:07:51 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
Probably tears of joy.
Reference your post # 12.
I agree.
I told yall. We don't ex-communicate. People move on.
Whoa there. Let's not wish hell on anyone. That's God's call, not ours. We should pray for Judge Greer.
That is one reason Catholics like Terri (if she could) go to confession...to confess with their mouths of their sins, and to be held accountable for them.
Oh wait, he feels no need to be held accountable. He'll just *quit* his "church" and go to another one.
What a joke. Except this time, God's not laughing.
(disclaimer: I do not make the comment about confession to demean non-Catholic traditions...only hypocrites like Greer)
Well, one day he will stand before the true and eternal JUDGE. May God have mercy on his soul.
He certainly deserves impeachment, as do Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg and O'Connor, but where are our LEGISLATIVE and EXECUTIVE leaders? Bowing to the judges like craven slaves? JEB BUSH SHOULD HAVE A NURSE AND TWO STATE TROOPERS IN TERRI'S HOSPITAL ROOM RIGHT NOW. If Governor Bush dares to call himself a Christian, he should be imposing executive authority.
I gather they were newage sewage prayers anyhow
Come on. Judge Greer was wrong, but that is way over the top. We should pray for him. Clearly his soul is in turmoil here.
Well damn his hide then
You're barking up the wrong theological tree if you want to prove that from that. Bless those who curse you. The church has been given a higher calling than the Jews of old. I say damn Greer's hide but bless his soul to repentance (and the quicker the better)
I'm talking scripture; you're talking opinions. "All scripture is profitable."
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