Posted on 02/24/2020 6:54:56 AM PST by Kaslin
Segregate out UCC from other Churches of Christ.
Matthew 7:22-23
The article is unfair in that it lumps the orthodox and liberal denominations with the same origin together. I am certain, for example, that you would find 90% of ELCA Lutheran pastors supporting homosexual marriage, but only 1 or 2% of LCMS, just like the evangelicals; throw the two denominations together and you get 45%.
Thank you!
Those denominations that allow women in the ministry are in favor of other aberrations of doctrine.
I go to a Christian church. I don’t know of a single member there - including staff - that is pro same-sex marriage.
I don’t know that you’d call us “evangelical” though. I don’t really know what that label means any more.
At the same time, mercy and forgiveness are offered for all, including practicing homosexuals. The Word is equally clear on this (see 1 Corinthians 6:9-11).
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It is? I think this person needs to re-read (and take seriously) Scripture. If you want to integrate practicing homosexuality with Christianity, then just admit you’ve created a new religion.
My opinion doesn’t matter - “What sayeth the word of God”?
I’ll go as far as saying “If there is anything in your life that would cause you to abandon your faith, you don’t really have that faith”.
I keep hearing people say “I left the faith because someone criticized....”. If someone can say something that causes you to “fall from grace”, you are the problem
The irony is that churches which try to “go with the times” are the ones losing membership, the exact opposite of what the “reformers” predict.
A number of years ago we had a senior female leader from the Synod come to the church to discuss homosexuality at our Uniting Church in Australia. The parishioners were split up into discussion groups. Mitch5501 opened up the bible to read from it. Her reaction was “Well I’d we are going to bring the Bible into it we may as well stop now”. Never a truer word spoken but not for the reasons she thought. God’s word is clear on this matter. End of story
Those with a history of being an established State Church all tend to go along to get along with whatever the secular authority says and does as well.
Forgiveness is there for practicing homosexuals if they repent and cease practicing, same as for every other sinner and we all are.
Interestingly, “Pastors of churches with fewer than 50 in attendance are more likely to see nothing wrong with two people of the same gender getting married (33%) than those at churches with 100 or more in attendance (19%).”
In other words, if you want a Christian church that follows the Bible (which should be a given for Christians), go Baptist or Pentecostal.
I wouldn’t go so far as to give a blanket approval to all Baptists. Most are grounded in scriptural truth but there are significant outliers. Baptist churches are independent. This is good if for instance whatever central authority they have (such as the SBC) goes off the rails on something, but it’s bad when smaller groups or an individual church goes off the rails.
Bump for later
I agree, but the wording was vague. It wasn’t clear whether the they to get to continue practicing. The way mainline churches are drifting today is that they get to remain a practicing homosexual AND attain salvation through faith.
Same with “Prebyterian and Reformed.”
PCUSA and RCA have jumped the rails.
There are conservative offshoots that are sticking with Scripture.
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