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Seven Things I Wish My Pastor Knew About My Homosexuality
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| December 10th, 2014
| Jean Lloyd
Posted on 12/11/2014 3:45:08 AM PST by rhema
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:45:08 AM PST
by
rhema
To: lightman; SmithL; Honorary Serb
Seven things we wish ELCA, PCUSA, UCC, and Episcopal pastors knew biblically about homosexuality
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:46:20 AM PST
by
rhema
("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
To: rhema
To: rhema
"This attraction was unbidden and unwanted, yet simultaneously forceful and compelling."
This immediately reminded me of Paul's discourse on the power of the flesh in Romans Chapter 7.
To: rhema
Ms. "Seven Things":
I really don't care which style genitals you like to rub.
Really, I don't.
You go on with your life and I will go on with mine. Don't be an attention whore, don't act like your preference in genitalia defines your being and we will get along just fine. Act like an ass and demand special treatment and we have a problem. The problem is yours because you make the choice to act out like a 12 year-old that hasn't gotten over puberty.
Grow up.
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posted on
12/11/2014 4:02:04 AM PST
by
NY.SS-Bar9
(Those that vote for a living outnumber those that work for one.)
To: rhema
Thank you for posting this.
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posted on
12/11/2014 4:09:14 AM PST
by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: NY.SS-Bar9
The context of the headline is understandable if you read the article.
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posted on
12/11/2014 4:11:28 AM PST
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: rhema
Anybody who has kids knows you can love somebody without approving everything they do.
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posted on
12/11/2014 4:11:44 AM PST
by
Westbrook
(Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
To: NY.SS-Bar9
Actually, a lot of people do care.....this is a big issue politically, and inside the church, in case you haven’t noticed.
To: rhema
What hath the LORD answered ?
What hath the LORD spoken ?
What hath God said that they which commit such things are worthy of ?
Whom shall the homosexuals' blood be upon ?
What did God say that the land will do to those who commit their abominations ?
What did God say would happen to their VERY SOULS, who commit such abominations ?
Read
Exodus 18:13-27 and
1 Corinthians 6:1-11, and think on it for a few days.
Homosexuals aren't "born that way".
They had to "Earn their REPROBATE MIND" by
refusing God ~ not once, ~ not twice, ~ but THREE times!
You need to
not only read, BUT STUDY this link I especially agree with its last paragraph.
" The Church NEVER can and NEVER will give satisfactionand the homosexualist knows it,
for he knows the words against him are INERADICABLE
to the declared and impenitent homosexual,the person who, through an act of the vermiculate will,has identified his person with a sin,whether HE DEMANDS ACCEPTANCE OF HIS SINthrough "love,"
or VINDICATIONTHROUGH IDENTIFICATION OF HIS PERCEIVED ENEMIES AS BIGOTS.
Whether HE PRESENTS HIMSELF as an object of love or indignation,what HE DEMANDS in either case IS ACCEPTANCEnot of the person,but OF THE SIN-bound and SIN-DEFINED person.
HE DEMANDS the declaration of SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY thatTHERE IS NOTHING OBJECTIVELY DISORDERED about this BINDING OF MAN TO SIN,and ASSURANCE that THIS MONSTROUS AMALGAM can indeed ENTER the kingdom of heaven.
This can NEVER HAPPEN among Christians UNTIL THEY ABANDON Christianity,WHICH IS AT WAR WITH EVERY SIN,and whose indelible constitutionplaces ALL PERVERSIONS of the perfect manAT THE MUZZLE of its canons. "
There will be NO HOMOSEXUALS ( NOT ONE ) in the afterlife.
They WILL BE
ASHES UNDER the soles of your feet ! ! !
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posted on
12/11/2014 4:25:11 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: NY.SS-Bar9
Read the article, it’s pretty clear from what the OP wrote and mentions in experience that the behavior isn’t right.
To: rhema
This is an important issue in the church today, even in more conservative denominations. It seems the church either falls into apostasy, denying that homosexual acts are sin or it falls into hellfire and brimstone by practically declaring homosexual acts unforgivable.
There is a middle ground, just like there is with all sin. We must forgive those who repent, we must encourage them to flee the sin of homosexual conduct. There is forgiveness in Jesus Christ alone. The church must never tolerate the acceptance of this sin as normal or even desirable. The flip side is that it must not shut out a group of people who are in desperate need of Christ.
To: NY.SS-Bar9
I’m guessing you didn’t read the article.
To: rhema
Have you ever confronted your abuser?
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posted on
12/11/2014 4:51:27 AM PST
by
G Larry
(Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
To: rhema
How about the pastor responds with “7 things I wish homosexuals knew about the gospel”
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posted on
12/11/2014 4:52:04 AM PST
by
rfreedom4u
(Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
To: Yosemitest
hmm, incoherent poetry?
I think they used to use electro-shock therapy
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posted on
12/11/2014 5:00:49 AM PST
by
Usagi_yo
To: LeoMcNeil
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posted on
12/11/2014 5:03:22 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Usagi_yo
Not poetry.
Just FACTS !
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posted on
12/11/2014 5:04:14 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: rhema
Interesting - thanks for posting. Point #5 is one that I wish was emphasized more often, but in today’s world of self-gratification, it is the ultimate sin to suggest that a person refrain from same-sex desires...
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posted on
12/11/2014 5:31:28 AM PST
by
awelliott
(What one generation tolerates, the next embraces....)
To: rhema
Good article overall, but the author incorrectly disparages fire-and-brimstone preaching about proud, unrepentant sin. This used to be the default in much gospel preaching. Jonathan Edwards stands out as a well-known example. We should shy away from rejecting this method for the culture’s sake.
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posted on
12/11/2014 6:10:47 AM PST
by
fwdude
(The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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