Are you aware of how many truly bible-based evangelical Christian churches have programs to work with single mothers? They don't change their belief and message that following a biblical lifestyle is always the best way to go, but they also are working to make the best of imperfect situations. They don't shout down and humiliate these pregnant girls and moms, instead they aid them and show Christ through how they treat them. Ministers, ministries, and missionaries all evangelize by working WITH sinners, not pounding them down in some sinner caste system. That doesn't mean rolling over and endorsing gay marriage or cohabitation or drug use or any other sin. But Jesus dined with the tax collector, worked with the unclean, and ministered to the lost. Kindness is an attitude, not a policy endorsement.
56 posted on 12/16/2006 3:23:18 PM EST by Diddle E. Squat
You should take heed of his words. You have deviated from the path of Christ's teachings...You heart seems full of hate. You can not do Christian work, or indeed, any good work when you are so filled with bitterness and intolerance. You poison the fruit of the tree life with your hatred.
Are you stating that Christ taught that homosexuality, or indeed any sex outside the confines of marriage, is a morally neutral or a moral act? Please demonstrate where such a statement is found in Scripture. Additionally, please show where in the Bible Jesus, Paul, or any apostle stated that the moral law in the Old Testament was no longer a valid standard to measure behavior. Can you find statements from the writings of the fathers of the church, the medieval doctors, or the Protestant reformers that support either of these positions? Also, do you deny that Christ was not angry with the Pharisees and the money changers in the Temple? Do you doubt He said that He had not come to bring peace, but a sword, and that His teachings would divide families and friends? If you have objective evidence to support that these Scriptural quotes are false, please present it. If you are so claryoyant to detect hearts full of hate, surely you can find Scriptural, historical, and factual evidence to support your position.