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What Did Your Pastor Say?
July 29, 2015 | Vanity

Posted on 06/29/2015 6:43:31 AM PDT by yetidog

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To: the lone haranguer

Jesus was speaking out against a lynch mob who had no right to “judge” anyone. Plus I have always suspected that many of the men in the mob were customers of the prostitute. Think about it, it takes two to tango so to speak.


41 posted on 06/29/2015 7:04:54 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
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To: left that other site
Oh My, Yes he did! It was SCORCHING.

You want to hear a pastor knock it out of the park? Click right here to hear how a pastor should have responded to Friday's SC decision.

42 posted on 06/29/2015 7:05:31 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: yetidog

yes, my pastor is strong. Orlando Calvary Chapel.


43 posted on 06/29/2015 7:06:58 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: afraidfortherepublic

That’s their intention, to make people feel isolated. Yesterday was a great day of encouragement for believers gathering together. Don’t miss this opportunity to be together encouraging one another.


44 posted on 06/29/2015 7:07:21 AM PDT by King Hawk
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To: yetidog

I attended a Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) church service yesterday. The WELS and ELS churches have remained amazingly traditional, old-fashioned, and Bible-based Lutheran despite the temptations of modern society. The Pastor presiding over the service did not mince words regarding the USSC ruling. He tackled the issue head-on. In summary, he presented that this is just another example of man foolishly believing man's wisdom is superior to God's.

Take heart fellow Christians. We know that society will be circling the toilet drain once again as it was in the time of Sodom before the Lord returns to remove us from it. We will be persecuted before that day. So stay strong, have courage, and keep in touch (every Sunday!) with like-minded God-fearing brothers and sisters. You are not alone.


45 posted on 06/29/2015 7:10:31 AM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: yetidog

I’m still visiting churches in my area to select a biblical one and went to two different services at two churches yesterday. The first, a Calvary Chapel (restrained “Charismatic”), was a profoundly serious and pertinent sermon on what this meant for our country, which is no longer the United States, but a “Unified State” (singular), along with our hope in ultimate victory.

The second, a modernized Southern Baptist Church (who felt the need to remove “Baptist” from their name for appearance sake) didn’t mention a word about it. I’m looking forward to them calling on me about my visit, so I can let them have it with both barrels.


46 posted on 06/29/2015 7:10:36 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: yetidog

We heard that we should be careful not to let our hearts turn to hate. That we are called to love others even when they are wrong. Also, fear not, that nothing, nothing, nothing changes the Church’s teaching on marriage.


47 posted on 06/29/2015 7:10:37 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Liberals support high taxes on alcohol, tobacco and wealth. And all for the same reason.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
This Sundays reading were about mirales (the man with leprosy being healed, and how Sarah was able to conceive a child, Isaac in her old age) and how all things are possible with God

We were asked to pray for all Christians around the world, INLUDING our own country.

48 posted on 06/29/2015 7:10:42 AM PDT by mware
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To: yetidog

Our (young) priest told us to be prepared for the persecution to come, decried the traitors to the Faith in government and within the Church, reminded us that we are SUPPOSED to judge between Good and Evil so that we may discern God’s path, pointing out that the injunction not to judge refers to purporting to judge what is in God’s mind.

He concluded his remarks with Matthew 16:18 “...upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

Our (Traditional Latin low) Mass ended with the traditional Leonine Prayers, including this one to Saint Michael:

“Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls.”

After Mass, we had Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament, during which there was an unusually long period of silent meditation. We all had a lot to pray about.

My wife recalled that as kids, we all felt so lucky not to be persecuted the way the Poles and other Iron Block Catholics were experiencing under Communism.

Now the persecution is coming home.

Pray and fast.


49 posted on 06/29/2015 7:10:50 AM PDT by paterfamilias
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To: envisio
My church doesn’t get into politics. Thats one of the reasons I like it.

Wow! I feel extremely sorry for you.

50 posted on 06/29/2015 7:11:57 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: who knows what evil?

Thanks for the link.

I am listening now.


51 posted on 06/29/2015 7:12:34 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: yetidog

>>It they did, I bet they pretty much said the same thing...”people of good will on both sides yada, yada.”

In my PCA church, we were told that America has gone off the rails. We already knew that our pastor and our church will never marry a homosexual couple.


52 posted on 06/29/2015 7:12:40 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: BerniesFriend
No Catholic facility or property, including but not limited to parishes, missions, chapels, meeting halls, Catholic educational, health or charitable institutions, or facilities belonging to benevolent orders may be used for the solemnization of same sex marriage.

The KofC council that I belong to is losing our council hall because of this. We can no longer host weddings, which used to pay the bills, so we are having to sell the building.

53 posted on 06/29/2015 7:13:54 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Liberals support high taxes on alcohol, tobacco and wealth. And all for the same reason.)
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To: yetidog

“God is not concerned about the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion on morality. God does not change, God’s law does not change.”

“We as Christians have lived comfortably in the nominally Christian culture of the United States. As it becomes uncomfortable, it will separate the sheep from the goats. Being a member of a local church will no longer be seen as socially beneficial. It will increasingly become more difficult. Our role as Christians is not to worry about how the world perceives us. We know, even if we have forgotten occasionally, that the world hates us and it has always hated us. That does not change our obligation to reach out in love.”

“Christians have fought the culture war in this country with placards and signs and other in your face efforts. That has not worked. In ancient Rome, the pagans practiced infanticide by exposing their unwanted babies — usually girls. Christians at night rescued these abandoned children and raised them in Christ. Those baby girls grew to be women who influenced their husbands and children. Christians took over the Roman Empire through love, kindness, and service in Christ. We will not influence this world by fighting on their terms. We must actively show them the love of Christ through our lives.”

Those are paraphrases from both the morning Sunday school class and the sermon.


54 posted on 06/29/2015 7:13:54 AM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: yetidog

I attend a very conservative reformed Baptist church, so it’s a given we do not stand for homosexual rights and gay marriage. Our pastor commented at the open of our service to say first that the ruling was what he expected. He said the storm clouds are really gathering and that God’s people should prepare themselves for what’s heading our way. He expects we will see awful things happen to this nation and in the world. He urged us to pray and stay grounded in the Word. He reminded us that our hope is in Christ, not in our nation or political leaders. As a congregation we are very involved in foreign missions, so he mentioned some of the specific dangers some of our friends around the world live with every day and said that we may soon face the same dangers. He also reminded us that our God is utterly sovereign and that He has already won the victory. Our duty is to be holy because He is holy.


55 posted on 06/29/2015 7:14:01 AM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: Romans Nine
My Pastor preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the only way to Salvation. Same as he does every time he enters in the pulpit.

Do you have a congregation full of lost sinners? Why would a pastor keep preaching the same sermon to born again believers.

Or maybe he isn't.

56 posted on 06/29/2015 7:14:03 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: yetidog

Our pastor emphasized that he won’t be doing anything different but that, as Christians, we need to take a close look at our own witness — our lives, marriages, parenting should all cause non-Christians to desire what we have. In our words and actions we need to demonstrate what a Christ follower is like. The divorce rate among Christians is a shame to the church.


57 posted on 06/29/2015 7:14:05 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie ("Demons run when a good man goes to war.")
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To: yetidog

True churches know they have been under attack and are now in battle, and will speak truth to lies, regardless of consequences. Hopefully many authentic men in them will arise with strength as Christian soldiers.

Rainbow churches will, of course, gag their pastors, blackout certain passages in their pew bibles and celebrate sodomy.


58 posted on 06/29/2015 7:14:27 AM PDT by polymuser ( Enough is enough)
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To: envisio

>>My church doesn’t get into politics. Thats one of the reasons I like it.

That’s like saying “we don’t talk about sewage” when the toilets are all backed up. When it gets deep enough, you have to talk about it and by then, the problem is much worse.


59 posted on 06/29/2015 7:14:43 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: yetidog

Yes. Catholic priest. To summarize:

Marriage is between a man and a woman.


60 posted on 06/29/2015 7:15:20 AM PDT by kidd
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