Christ looked at it as Settled Law (as the RATS like to say) in the Old Testament
Posted on 07/05/2015 3:42:45 PM PDT by NYer
Does an ETF that double shorts the Methodist Church exist? I want in big time.
eejit also works.
You are correct - I have thanked God for the Africans on many occasions over the last 5 years. And for Maxie Dunnam for 20 years. My conference keeps saying “ the Book of Discipline still forbids it”, but it sounds like whisting past the graveyard. There will be a full-court press both ways next year.
They haven’t?
eejut. That’s actually better.
UMC is traditionally a mostly white denomination.
No need to ask Jesus to define marriage. That was done, a long time ago. He just needed to read the book.
If Medford had read the old and new testaments, he would know what God and Jesus say about marriage. And it is not what he has decided it should be.
Dear Lord..
And I heard that very thing coming out of my FUMC pulpit this very morning. We live in a very conservative area. A lot of the congregation are ticked. He told us that we had to abide by the ‘law of the land’. If not, quit our jobs. Then said ‘tbey’ should have ‘liberty’ and we shouldn’t block them.
What about OUR liberty????????
I was pissed beyond belief when I left this morning.
The early service I attended is done by an asst. He was more fire and brimstone about it (which is why his services are FULL and the 11:00 isn’t).
Hhmmm...Did Jesus return and I missed it? How else would he ask him?
The Methodists never asked Jesus to define anything, they relied on the Wesley brothers to guide them.....how’s it working out?????
Christ looked at it as Settled Law (as the RATS like to say) in the Old Testament
Do Protestant sects anathemize? If so, Meffords is a good candidate.
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He didn’t have to wait to be asked, it’s already defined multiple places in HIS WORD. Maybe the Rev should pick it up and read a little more thoroughly like the Bereans.
Or Romans: 1?
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Of course one wouldn’t “ask Jesus” to define marriage, one can look up His answer in the Scriptures and find that He defined it in terms of biology. “Male and female He created them. For that reason a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife.”
Anybody who has one of these blasted rainbow avatars has already told you plenty about themselves.
I haven’t heard of many Methodists leaving Methodism over its liberalism.
The Higher-ups in the UMC have been trying for years, but the representation from the local congregations keep voting them down. If the UMC ever votes for homosexual marriage, it as a denomination will go like the Episcopals and UMC members will vote with their feet. Since the mid 1970s, the higher ups in the UMC have been much more liberal than the local congregations.
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