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To: Charles Henrickson; lightman
Sin and Satan know no boundaries, but where open impenitent sin is publicly known, church discipline should be exercised.

Precisely. To not discipline the congregant is to fail in your duty as clergy to call sinners to repent. If a man's soul is in peril, as Tiller's was, standing by idly simply compounds the sin. Our Lord confronted sinners directly and dutiful clergy MUST do the same.

51 posted on 06/08/2009 2:23:49 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

I agree that pastors should ask sinners to repent. Have you heard any pastors preach a sermon against homosexuality, knowing that at least one gay person was listening? I haven’t heard of that.


54 posted on 06/08/2009 2:33:38 PM PDT by PhilCollins
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