California church draws backlash for sign: ‘Bruce Jenner is still a man’

Fox News ^ | January 11, 2019 | Bradford Betz

[lowbridge]

A Northern California church sparked outrage over a sign that read: “Bruce Jenner is still a man. Homosexuality is still sin. The culture may change. The Bible does not."

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The church, Trinity Bible Presbyterian Church, is located in Lake Shastina, Calif., which is about an hours’ drive from the Oregon border.

Protesters gathered in front of the church on Sunday to denounce what they called “hate and slander” and to “show our love and support for the LGBT community,” according to a Facebook page that organized the event.

Justin Hoke, the church’s pastor, wrote on Facebook Wednesday that the sign’s Plexiglass had been destroyed and the letters had been stolen.

"I woke this morning to find that our sign had been vandalized. They broke not only the plexiglas and stole some of the Letters, they also busted the power box. I have not seen it up close yet as this picture was sent to me by a member of our congregation. Please pray that God would provide."

[DungeonMaster]

I can’t believe a Presbyterian church did that!

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>So much for free speech, freedom of religion. These Fedayeen Snowflakes are a threat to everyone’s liberty and safety.<<

BINGO! And the reasons such unlawful behavior is becoming more common is because law enforcement from the Feds down to the town police chief are no longer arresting lawbreakers who are members of the politically pampered segments of our society.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>You don’t know that. Withhold judgment and get educated in the afterlife which we hope is there. All we have is hope. We can’t know this stuff and hate is not appropriate.<<

Pardon me, but what are you referring to that Howie doesn’t know?

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>the loving thing to do is to tell the truth.<<

True in THIS instance, but that is by no means universally true.

[sport]

I could be wrong, but I think some are still fighting the good fight. Evidently, this Church is one of them. And the Church is correct in that. If a part of Bruce Jenner was found and sent to a DNA Lab to be tested, the DNA would come back to a white male. A male can put on high heel shoes, wear make up , and have their dong cut off. When that happens, they become a surgically mulitated male, not a woman.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>So you accept the transgender major premise, which is that male ≠ man and female ≠ woman?<< Clearly Tomkat is using "man" in reference to commonly recognized characteristics of masculine behavior and not the issue of gender per se. But I think you're aware of that.

[ReformedBeckite]

I have this pastor as one of my fb friends, he is about as reformed/Calvinist as you can get, I checked out his denomination one time, it is a very small denomination, about as small as you can get. I just looked at his church web site and couldn’t find the denomination name but like I said it is pretty small.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>These Flat Earth people that continue to see their world in crazy terms. Bruce Jenner was born male. He is a male today, no matter how much surgical cuts, therapy sessions or hormones added to his blood. Even the most lowly educated person, like those who watch CNN would recognize this.<<

Excellently worded post. I would not have changed a single word, especially liked that last sentence!

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Well, he is, is he not?

I thought Fantasyland was a section of Disneyland, not someone’s delusional life.

[Phillyred]

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>A couple of left wing Christian bashing lowlifes would have spent a night in jail.<<

Actually, that’s probably doubtful: Selective law enforcement is a major reason our glorious country is slowly but inexorably falling to pieces. Sad.

[ReformedBeckite]

This ‘mountain town’ church sounds like a Reformed Church.

It is very reformed, about as reformed as they get, at least the pastor is. I've got the pastor as one of my fb friends, his sermons etc make fools out those people who have no clue about reform theology and declare themselves reformed and those that want to declare themselves as 3 and 4 point Calvinists.

[Deplorable American1776]

Yes...unless Bruce was born interested.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>The terms, “Left Wing” and “Christian” should never be used in the same sentence. It is also an oxymoron.

I see your point. “Christian” would need a qualifier like “so-called” to be more accurate.

[Agatsu77]

Okay you morons. Everyone is born as 1 of only 2 sexes. PERIOD. Any other idea else is JUST MADE UP!

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>(Unless of course you are an apologist for sexual perverts and enjoy looking foolish, in that case carry on)<<

Nicely done!

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>> let’s hope you are also compassionate to these struggling people.<<

I would agree, depending of course on what attitudes and actions you would include and exclude within the meaning of the word “compassionate”.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>The Left has gone from “how does my gay marriage affect you?”, to controlling language, what you say, and even how you think. To many peoples surprise, the Left had a long term strategy, and they’re getting close to realizing it. Many people on the Right aren’t even sure what their values are, until they’ve surrendered them.<<

Well and truly said!

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>He is real and so is Heaven.<<

Care to define the theological differences between hope and faith?

[Cyclops08]

Freedom of Speech and Freedom of religion are such a hindrance to the Lefty agenda.