[yldstrk]

I certainly wouldn’t attend such an event.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Only go if you want your Blank filled in!!!

[DoodleDawg]

There are two things that we must do: communicate our genuine love for those involved and our resolute commitment to honor Christ and his Word in every circumstance Let’s start with the latter.

He started with the latter and ended with the latter. I never found where he dealt with the first thing he said we must do.

[Walrus]

No, “many of us” are NOT being invited to any of this nonsense.

[Lee N. Field]

The question reminds me of something from long ago. Mid 1980s sometime, new guy in church. Newly arrived in town, he was an art professor at the university.

He recounted being invited to, and going to, a co-worker's wedding. Ooops. Turned out to be a Wiccan ceremony. I don't remember much of anything from his recounting, except I think ceremonial knives were involved.

[redhawk.44mag]

an execution, a flogging, public punishment?

[Salvation]

You’ve Been Invited To A Catholic Mass. Should You Go? Yes, come with me and I will point out all the different things happening to you. On your original question -- No, I would not validate an un-holy thing through my attendance.

[SumProVita]

Most Christians will not be invited to such things because their lives will reflect strong virtues of goodness, etc. However, if they are invited they will ask God for His guidance about what to do.

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

I do not believe it is possible to show your love to a homosexual who is getting married to another homosexual while politely declining the invitational and not sending a gift.

But to be honest with you, I cannot think of a homosexual that would ever invite me to anything other than my own crucifixion.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I don’t even attend the weddings of the divorced and remarried.

[Phillyred]

This question was posed to Dennis Prager the other day by a listener. He advised to skip the wedding and go to the reception. Can’t say I agree.

[Lazamataz]

If someone asks me to attend something immoral and unGodly, I will tell them to kindly f*** off.

[txrefugee]

Check out the muscular statements of Christian confession by Dr. Maryam Ibrahim, the Somali woman who has been sentenced to 100 lashes and then hanging because the Muslim courts accuse her of adultery and apostasy. Adultery because they do not recognize her marriage to a Christian man and apostasy because they accuse her of converting to Christianity, when actually she was raised by her Christian mother as a Christian after her Muslim father deserted the family when she was six.

She has a two year old son and is eight months pregnant, giving her ample excuse to renounce Jesus for “the sake of the children.” Instead, she is standing firm in the faith. Not all Christians today are the weaklings we find in the US and Europe.

By the way, have you prayed for this Christian woman today and all those who are suffering for Christ around the world? When our turn comes, we will want others to pray for us. “Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.” (Revelation 2:10)

[JimRed]

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Those civil weddings are evil! < /sarc >

[Zippo44]

I left the Episcopal Church because I could no longer tolerate the contempt for true Christianity it had come to espouse. However, my mother still considers herself a member of the TEC, so her funeral will be held at an Episcopal Church and I will not say anything untoward to the priest or his female deacon.
That will be the last time I cross the threshhold of a TEC building.

[dadfly]

thanks for this post. this is useful. i can’t wait for the promised followup article.

[longtermmemmory]

What is the blank?

post Christian? this seems more a blog hit troll.

reality says otherwise. Don’t confuse NYC/LA hedonism with reality.

[chuckles]

Thank you for this article. As we read the comments, we see it is needed to remind us of what is expected of Christians. As an example, A couple of Thanksgivings ago, all of my family wanted to have Thanksgiving in the country,( which means my house), so the plans were made and turkeys were bought. I have a 4 bedroom house and we planned on 17 people. As the plans were being made, my niece was brought up. She had been shacking up with her boyfriend for about 10 years and had 2 children by him. I said they cannot sleep together in my house and the trouble started. It was 100% against me as I was messing up Thanksgiving for everyone with my old outdated ideas. Arguments ensued and I stuck to my guns. I was raising a child myself and told them my daughter is watching us to see if we believe what we teach. My daughter was early teen and experiencing "modern teaching" everywhere, while we were trying to teach her morals from the Bible.

To make a long story short, they all agreed to my wishes and we had a pleasant Thanksgiving. Lo and behold, about a year later, they got married and were "born again". Their own children started to question their relationship and put pressure on their own parents. Now they are devout Christians that participate in all church activities and feed the poor on Thanksgiving and Christmas, the father is a deacon in his church and my niece teaches Sunday School. Could my "standing my ground" have caused such a thing as this? I don't know, but I'm convinced that by staying firm, God blessed me and them. The rest of the arguing members now seem to feel as I do for some reason.

Just by rejecting the traditions of men makes a statement to all that watch. Is it so bad to be known as the religious zealot that is a stick in the mud for Christ? My relationship is with Christ. The Word tells us we must "hate" our mother and father, our sons and daughters. Does it really mean "hate"? No, it just means Jesus comes first. You can't be double minded and follow Christ. You cannot have two masters. You will love the one and hate the other. For those that say "I don't know any homosexuals", #1,....that a lie, and #2 at some point you will have a situation that will cross your beliefs and the world. This poster is just trying to show you what Scripture says you should do if you value your relationship with God. There is no need to be hateful, but you should remain firm. It will undoubtedly be an opportunity to discuss what Jesus wants for our lives in the area of love and the sanctity of marriage.

If the world loves you, your not doing it right.

[Alex Murphy]

In 1Corinthians 8, Paul defended the Christian’s freedom to eat meat offered to idols, even when others think that we should not. Nevertheless, there are things we are not free to do. We are not free to do things that may cause a brother or sister stumble back into paganism, unbelief, or into gross sin. Some believers understand that pagan gods and idols are nothing but figments of the imagination. ...We are also free not to eat if the exercise of the freedom to eat will cause a brother or sister to stumble. We are free to eat until that eating becomes a competing communion. The moment our pagan host says, “We offered this to the gods” then we must say, “Thank you for your kind invitation but I cannot participate.”

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