Posted on 03/14/2020 4:13:49 PM PDT by xzins
A private university in Kentucky is the latest Christian school to draw criticism for adhering to biblical sexual ethics. Asbury University like so many others in Christian academia is being hard-pressed by the culture to adopt pro-LGBTQ doctrine.
Ever since Asbury University reportedly declined to renew the contract of two "LGBTQ-affirming" educators professor Jon Roller, founder of the school's Worship Arts Program; and assistant professor of music education and voice Jill Campbell it has been under major scrutiny.
"Jon was told in his tenure meeting, 'You do not belong here,'" worship leader Derek Chilton who set up a GoFundMe page for Roller was quoted in a recent column in the Lexington Herald-Leader. "There was no thank you, no appreciation and no reason for the non-renewal other than Jon being LGBTQ-affirming. His contract was not breached, and there was no budget cut."
Asbury's only crime according to its critics is being "closed minded" by siding with God.
No concessions ...
However, Asbury has always been clear that it stands by God regarding human sexuality.
"A faithful interpretation of Scripture affirms the principle that sexual purity honors God and that all forms of sexual intimacy that occur outside the covenant of heterosexual marriage are sinful distortions of the holiness and beauty for which God intended," the Asbury University Statement on Human Sexuality reads.
"Let us be clear, the Bible-believing church and academy does not believe that sexual sin is beyond the scope of the gospel or carries a greater moral weight than a host of other sins," Prince impressed. "Nevertheless, we rightly resist without equivocation when anyone suggests that we stop calling sin, sin
and instead start calling it sacred."
(Excerpt) Read more at onenewsnow.com ...
"LGBTQ is not being singled out by churches and institutions who hold to the historic biblical witness, but rather by those who seek to legitimize it as normative in the church and Christian academy," Prince wrote in an article challenging Chilton's op-ed. "Other sins which must be unapologetically called what they are, as well do not have constituencies seeking normalization and affirmation."
Soon, Americans will realize that they don’t have the luxury of dithering over people who don’t know what to make of their own genitalia.
Well I guess then that the queers and alhabetsoupers should just shun Asbury for sticking to their antiquated Christian morals and not even attempt to enroll at such a backwards institution.
You would think so, but they love cameras,so it’ll be first on their list to corrupt
Don't worry Asbury.
I have been called ugly by many a toad.
What DOES GOD have to say about it??
Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."
Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.
Leviticus niv
18:22 Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
20:13 If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them;
they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it.
Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
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2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.
They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
But there IS hope!!!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...
Excellent. Thanks.
The penalties for refusing to follow GroupThink can be severe
Love your tagline.
On the other side of the door of death, we will hear the Lord welcome us into the (heavenly) joys of the Father. As we move about in the realm of heaven, we will be rubbing elbows with those who were liars, thieves, adulterers, murderers, hypocrites, homosexuals and angry/vengeful while they were in their earthly bodies.
Understanding that our relationship with Jesus is a covenant relationship in which we begin as babes in Christ and spend our days on earth maturing in the knowledge and works of Christianity, we observe these Christians, while in their earthly bodies:
The liar, repented, denied himself, took up his cross, followed Jesus and lied no more.
The adulterer, repented, denied himself, took up his cross, followed Jesus and no longer committed adultery.
The murderer, repented, denied himself, took up his cross, followed Jesus and killed no more.
The hypocrite, repented, denied himself, took up his cross, followed Jesus and deceived no more.
The homosexual, repented, denied himself, took up his cross, followed Jesus and no longer practiced homosexuality.
The one who was angry/vengeful, repented, denied himself, took up his cross, followed Jesus and overcame his anger/vengefulness.
Amen!
(The tagline is modified from something similar I spotted on the web long ago.)
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