Posted on 04/28/2019 7:05:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
On Wednesday, the Reverend Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the global charity Samaritan's Purse, defended traditional Christian teaching on homosexual activity. His comments unleashed a firestorm of media controversy, with major media figures suggesting that Graham is not really Christian because he supports President Donald Trump and encouraged South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg to repent of his homosexual activity.
Graham explicitly attacked Buttigieg, who had said, "God doesn't have a political party."
"Presidential candidate & South Bend Mayor [Pete Buttigieg] is right—God doesn’t have a political party. But God does have commandments, laws & standards He gives us to live by. God doesn’t change. His Word is the same yesterday, today & forever," Graham tweeted. "Mayor Buttigieg says he’s a gay Christian. As a Christian I believe the Bible which defines homosexuality as sin, something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted, praised or politicized. The Bible says marriage is between a man & a woman—not two men, not two women."
Graham concluded with one last definitive statement. "The core of the Christian faith is believing and following Jesus Christ, who God sent to be the Savior of the world—to save us from sin, to save us from hell, to save us from eternal damnation," he tweeted.
On Thursday, MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough told Graham to "just shut up." He called the minister "a disgrace for normalizing Donald Trump's behavior."
"Now suddenly Franklin Graham's talking about lifestyles and sinning and a guy who's gone through a very difficult personal journey to figure out who he really is?" Scarborough asked, dumbfounded. "Because it's not a lifestyle choice, and anybody who's heard Pete Buttigieg talk knows that."
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The Liberal Media has no business telling Christian’s what their religion means. The Liberal Media’s god is named Marx and his latest prophet is Obama.
The liberal press will never ask a muslim politician their view of queers.
Meacham went on to describe a kind of emergent revelation, suggesting that the Bible's clear condemnation of homosexual activity as sin has been overruled by modern "experience."
No different than the roman emperors attempting to incorporate it into their culture.
Obama and Hillary both opposed same sex marriage only a decade ago.
Our “tolerant” friends on the Left never tire of telling us what we have to believe instead of asking us what we do believe.
So does free republic of late… Very hard and unapologetic Catholic push.
Jesus constantly referred to The Law, which contains moral standards, which is why Judaism and particularly Christianity have become so hated by the left.
Though the left will regret their cowardice in not seeking out what their vaunted quran has to say regarding homosexuality. And worse: what islamists will do to them if their international jihad succeeds.
"Joe Scarborough told Graham to "just shut up." He called the minister "a disgrace for normalizing Donald Trump's behavior."
That's why they're called Progressives. Because their views 'progress' depending on which way the political wind is blowing.
As I quoted above, "Meacham went on to describe a kind of emergent revelation, suggesting that the Bible's clear condemnation of homosexual activity as sin has been overruled by modern "experience."
This modern experience now says that being queer or DNA-confused is the way to be. Progression.
In their own minds they think they can use Islam to attack their hated Christians, and Christianity.
And then when they are done with using the Islamics as their 'tool', they can neatly put them back into the bottle by corrupting them with decadence and Government Education brainwashing (the same tools they've used to corrupt Christians in the West)....
They really haven't considered the end game. And I'm not talking about the real End Game (Judgment from God), but the the worldly end game, where the Islamics don't go back into the bottle - and unleash their own hell on the Progressives that used to cheer them on.
In fact Jesus actually lived the Torah! He was a Torah Sage of great depth and learning, and he said that we ought to observe every last detail of the Torah. The real scandal of his teaching was the original Jewish idea that we ought to bring the light of the Kingdom of Heaven and the love of G-d to everyone on earth. This will never happen if we deny the organic wholeness of the Law. No one has the right to change it. As David the psalmist said, “Your Word is Truth and everyone of your righteous statutes is Everlasting”.
the leftist media in this country is heading for a world of pain
on the long list of those selling out the people of America, THEY are near the top.
You are aware that defending one’s faith against aggression is somewhat different from trying to proselytize to another faith, right?
That JimRob allows Catholics to defend themselves against many unprovoked attacks is a testament to HIS confidence in his faith.
I have made a mistake or six thousand trying to defend my faith, and Jim has NEVER banned me.
Try to keep up, there are many different CHRISTIAN sects here. There are many NON-Christian folk, too.
We try to act like adults and respect each other.
It’s pathological how atheists and secular humanists always insist on telling Christians how God really is.
Both Obama and Hillary were for it but couldn’t go public with that view during the election. Too much public opposition, even in California. Ram it through the courts and tell Christians “tough break”.
There is a huge push on right now by the left to redefine the meaning of Christianity- and if you don’t subscribe to their new meaning- well then God help you- because they will come down hard on you- infact- in the not too distant future, I forsee that expressing biblical values- true honest biblical values, will become illegal- deemed to be ‘hate speech’ by the intolerant left- In Canada, it’s practically illegal to quote bible verses in public concerning the abomination of homosexuality, and pro life positions-
There is a growing intolerance on the l eft to Christianity proper- and they are desperately trying to remoulds it into their own image- an abomination of Christianity, that must be observed and agreed upon by everyone or else
The only reason you cant see the strong slant to ‘all things catholic’ this site is because you profess the same false doctrine.
Blind and dumb to the simple truth of Jesus Christ ALONE.
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