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Methodist Bishop On Terrorism and "Jesus Will NOT Come Again" (It's hard to go to Church...)
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| a little old, but some updates, 2001 and 2003
| Michael L. Gonzalez
Posted on 04/21/2003 9:01:51 AM PDT by rface
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To: toddst
"I believe Bishop Sprague is in deep trouble with the Methodist Church and may be forced to resign. There is a movement under way to get this done....." Perhaps the safest thing for him to do would be to declare himself gay. This would almost guarantee him a job.
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posted on
04/21/2003 12:40:13 PM PDT
by
AlGone2001
(If liberals must lie to advance their agenda, why is liberalism good for me?)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Don't forget "liberation theology" funding all sorts of left-wing communist gangs and dictators, and attempting to ban "militant" hymns (Onward Christian Soldiers). Also, the latest Methodist hymnal is a joke, as its "hymns" equate Christianity with earth-worship and even include songs in other tongues than English. The Methodist bishops and higher church councils have been promulgating blasphemy for YEARS.
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posted on
04/21/2003 12:41:08 PM PDT
by
=Intervention=
(so freaking sick of the lies...)
To: =Intervention=
I can't even sit through an entire service at the Methodist Churches anymore. I want to vomit....I get angry - and they make me sing stupid songs that haven't an ounce of inspiration. I might as well be going to a Universalist Unitarian service.
What's the difference between a Unitarian and a United Methodist Church service?
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posted on
04/21/2003 12:45:53 PM PDT
by
rface
(Ashland, Missouri)
To: Lysander
It has been long taught at Emory university that the second coming was the resurection.Is that Methodist? My husband just joined a Methodist church, and I know nothing about Methodism. Can anyone help me out?
To: toddst
I'm saving this thread while I look for an article from a conference where a female (I think she was a Methodist minsiter but will wait until I find the article)said "we should do away with the story of redemption because who wants to look at a bloody cross"!
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posted on
04/21/2003 12:56:06 PM PDT
by
Krodg
(We have the ability because the leader in command knows who's in control....God Bless America.)
To: AnAmericanMother
Gosh, he sounds like OUR homegrown loonybird, Bishop Spong of Newark.I got confused. I was thinking that (Spong) was this guy.
To: rface
So in the hereafter, C. Joseph Sprague will be in the "smoking" section.
To: Krodg
"we should do away with the story of redemption because who wants to look at a bloody cross"!It's a shame these people don't have the guts to just leave the Church...go join some new-age Earth-mother religion if you don't like Christianity.
To: AxelPaulsenJr
Here is the address of the organization that publishes the newsletter I received:
http://www.ird-renew.org/
This is the Institute on Religion and Democracy. There is a sub-section for Methodists. This is a good place to begin work on removing people like Bishop Sprague from the Methodist Church.
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posted on
04/21/2003 1:04:39 PM PDT
by
toddst
To: stands2reason
Basically, the United Methodist Church is a moderate protestant church that is being split between a liberal leadership and remaining conservative elements. For a while, I'd been considering myself "ex-Methodist" until I found a fairly conservative congregation locally, which I have been attending. For the moment, I've decided to wade in rather than give up. A change in pastor may change my mind again, though.
Ask your husband whether they use the "old fasioned" Doxology (#95) or the new-fangled gender-free Doxology (#94). The latter, or a female minister, seem to be the harbingers of liberalism, in my experience. If there is a conservative female minister in the Methodist Church, I've never heard of them.
To: stands2reason
To: stands2reason
You can find a good overview of the United Methodist Church
here.
To: altura
I'm thinking about starting a campaign of some kind to cut off funding from my parish that goes to the national leadership unless Griswold leaves or recants his apostasy.
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posted on
04/21/2003 1:52:10 PM PDT
by
johnb838
(Understand the root causes of American Anger)
To: stands2reason
"we should do away with the story of redemption because who wants to look at a bloody cross"!
It's a shame these people don't have the guts to just leave the Church...go join some new-age Earth-mother religion if you don't like Christianity
If only someone would tell that to the new Archbishop of Canterbury. Or is that the Chief Druid of Canterbury?
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posted on
04/21/2003 1:54:23 PM PDT
by
johnb838
(Understand the root causes of American Anger)
To: CFIIIMEIATP737
None of those you mentioned were liars ... the deception and lies are coming form those who teach contrary to these most fundamental principles of truth.
You ask how can those folks pick and choose like this?
IMHO, it is because the Truth is not them.
To: Question_Assumptions
The latter, or a female minister, seem to be the harbingers of liberalism, in my experience.If his minster was female I'd have a cow. He's new to Christianity for the most part, but even he knows better than that. The Minister is male...but he's divorced....his wife was a raging alcoholic and he tried to live with her, but couldn't. I'm not sure that a divorce in that circumstance would be acceptable according to a conservative interpretation of scripture---the only acceptable reason for divorce IIRC, is adultery. I think separation would have been more acceptable. Of course, there are legalities and tax issues that may become a problem.
Myself I agree with Dr. Laura (a Jew) in that divorce is only acceptable in case of adultery, addiction, and abuse. ( BTW I was raised unaffiliated Church of Christ (totally fundamentalist) but no longer practice the faith.) Thanks for your help!
To: stands2reason
My husband just joined a Methodist church, and I know nothing about Methodism. Can anyone help me out? Shoot him before it's too late. Better for him to die now while his innocence remains. ;^)
To: Sangamon Kid
Shoot him before it's too late. Better for him to die now while his innocence remains. ;^) Oh, now you're scaring me.
Apropos of nothing, would you happen to know what percentage of serial killers were Church-going Methodists?
To: rface
He is the reason I left the Methodist Church here in Illinois. He is a piece of trash and I swear to this day if I see him I will spit in his face.
Leaving the Methodist Church was the best thing I have ever done since I found a church that preaches the Bible not liberalism.
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posted on
04/24/2003 1:20:58 PM PDT
by
Dengar01
To: sharktrager
You cannot be a Christian and deny the resurrection according to Scripture:
..."if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9).
As for the "Second Coming" being the resurrection, Hebrews 9:27-28 puts that to rest:
"And as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly awaiting for Him."
The "will appear" is important, because Hebrews would have been written after Christ's death and resurrection.
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posted on
04/24/2003 1:32:21 PM PDT
by
scott7278
(Four more years! Four more years!)
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