The same kind that accepts a BTK Rader.
Perhaps a more pertinent question might be: What kind of church embraces and admires Tiller’s murderer ??
Lutheran, ELCA. The medical insurance package for ELCA ministers/wives includes coverage for abortions.
Why should we believe people who made America's most notorious late term abortionist their usher?
Isn't it more likely they did the shooting themselves and ID'd Roeder as a patsy?
Be good to wait for the trial or we might start thinking you played a part in this.
What a crock of blather this man writes.
There is no biblical freedom to be immoral. Immoral actions remain immoral actions, and no one gets a prize for choosing a murderer’s path.
“Chapter 1
1 The worde of the lorde came vn to the prophete Ionas ye sonne of Amithai sayenge:
2 ryse and gett the to Niniue that greate citie and preach vn to the how that theyr wekednesse is come vpp before me.
3 And Ionas made hi ready to fle to Tharsis fro the presens of ye lorde and gatt hym downe to Ioppe and founde there a sheppe ready to goo to Tharsis and payed his fare and wet aborde to goo with them to Tharsis fro the presens of the lorde.
4 But ye lorde hurled a greate winde in to ye se so that there was a myghtie tepest in the se: in so moch yt the shepp was lyke to goo in peces.
5 And the mariners were afrayed and cried euery man vn to his god and cast out ye goodes yt were in ye sheppe in to ye se to lighten it of the. But Ionas gatt him vnder the hatches and layed him downe and slombrede.
6 And ye master of the sheppe came to him and sayd vn to hi why slomberest thou? vpp and call vn to thy god that God maye thinke on vs that we perish not.
7 And they sayde one to a nother come and lett vs cast lottes to know for whose cause we are thus troublede. And they cast lottes. And ye lott fell vppon Ionas.
8 The they said vnto hi tel vs for whose cause we are thus trowbled: what is thine occupacio whence comest thou how is thy cotre called and of what nacion art thou?
9 And he answered the I am an Ebrue: and the lord God of heuen which made both se and drie land I feare.
10 Then were the men exceadingly afrayd and sayd vn to him why diddest thou so? For they knew that he was fled from the presens of the lorde because he had told them.
11 Then they sayd vn to hym what shall we doo vnto the that the se maye cease fro trowblinge vs? For the se wrought and was trowblous.
12 And he answered them take me and cast me in to the se and so shall it lett you be in reste: for I wotte it is for my sake that this greate tempest is come vppon you.
13 Neuerthelesse the men assayed wyth rowenge to bringe the sheppe to lande: but it wold not be because the se so wrought and was so trowblous agenst them.
14 Wherefore they cried vn to the lorde and sayd: O lorde latt vs not perih for this mans deeth nether laye innocet bloud vn to oure charge: for thou lorde even as thy pleasure was so thou hast done.
15 And the they toke Ionas and cast hi in to ye se and the se lefte ragynge.
16 And ye men feared the lorde excedingly: and sacrificed sacrififice vn to the lorde: and vowed vowes.
17 Bvt ye lorde prepared a greate fyshe to swalow vp Ionas. And so was Ionas in ye bowels of ye fish .iij. dayes and .iij. nightes.
Chapter 2
1 And Ionas prayed vnto ye lord his god out of ye bowels of the fish.
2 And he sayde: in my tribulacion I called vn to the lorde and he answered me: out of the bely of hell I cried ad thou herdest my voyce.
3 For thou hadest cast me downe depe in the middes of the se: and the floud copased me aboute: and all thy waues and rowles of water wet ouer me:
4 and I thought yt I had bene cast awaye out of thy sight. But I will yet agayne loke towarde thy holy temple.
5 The water copased me eue vn to the very soule of me: the depe laye aboute me: ad the wedes were wrappte aboude myne heed.
6 And I wet downe vn to the botome of the hylles and was barred in with erth on euery syde for euer. And yet thou lorde my God broughtest vp my life agayne out of corrupcion.
7 When my soule faynted in me I thought on the lorde: and my prayer came in vn to the euen in to thy holy temple.
8 They yt obserue vayne vanities haue forsake him that was mercifull vn to them.
9 But I wil sacrifice vn to the with the voce of thankesgeuinge and will paye that I have vowed that sauinge cometh of the lorde.
10 And the lorde spake vn to the fish: and it cast out Ionas agayne vppon ye drie lande.
Chapter 3
1 Then came the worde of the lorde vn to Ionas agayne sayenge:
2 vpp ad gett ye to Niniue that greate citie and preache vn to the the preachynge which I bade ye.
3 And he arose and wet to Niniue at ye lordes comaundmet. Niniue was a greate citie vn to god coteynige .iij. dayes iourney
4 And Ionas went to and entred in to ye citie euen a dayes iourney and cried sayenge: There shall not passe .xl. dayes but Niniue shalbe ouerthrowen.
5 And the people of Niniue beleued God and proclaymed fastynge ad arayed them selues in sackcloth as well the greate as the small of them.
6 And ye tydinges came vn to the kinge of Niniue which arose out of his sete and did his apparell of and put on sackcloth and sate hi downe in asshes.
7 And it was cried ad commaunded in Niniue by ye auctorite of ye kinge ad of his lordes sayenge: se that nether ma or beest oxe or shepe tast ought at al and that they nether fede or drinke water.
8 And they put on sackcloth both man ad beest and cried vn to God mightily ad turned euery man from his weked waye and fro doenge wroge in which they were acustomed sayenge:
9 who can tell whether god will turne and repent and cease from his fearce wrathe that we perish not?
10 And when god saw theyr workes how they turned from theyr weked wayes he repented on ye euell which he sayd he wold doo vn to them ad dyd it not.”
In other words, anything goes. “My conscience told me to do it!”
I would have answered "Unitarian Universalist" but I guess that would have been too obvious?
Sin? What’s that?
12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
I call it freedom.
No, relativism is much closer to the mark.
A church that long ago jettisoned the Word of God and substituted some lame, feel-good, I’m OK-You’re OK self-styled delusion.
Isnt there something in the bible that says sinners should not go to church?
Doesn't that sort of depend on what choice is made?
The Bible is pretty clear that Eve's choice in the Garden was made for what she thought were good reasons and in good faith. (Adams's choice was less so.) God nevertheless expelled them both from the Garden.
Apparently, it is a church that has no respect for or blatnatly ignores God’s Law i.e. thou shalt not kill/murder. This is NOT my view, but no doubt they follow Man’s Law where abortion is viwed as ‘legal’ thus excused. They use the same argument as those for soldiers committing legalized killing for their country, etc.
"A choice made for good reasons" - like the choice the inhabitants of Sodom made?
1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 "My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning." "No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square."3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 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."
- Genesis 19:3-5
One that exists to worship man, not God.
The same kind that harbored the founder of the ACLU and Planned Parenthood.. I believe it was the Universalist Unitarian.
An apostate one.
1 Corinthians 5:1-13 (New International Version)
1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father's wife. 2 And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this? 3 Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. 4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, 5 hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.
6 Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? 7 Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 11 But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13 God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you."
The Church is full of sinners, myself and everyone I know included. However, we recognize that we are sinners and are repentent (i.e., ask God for forgiveness).
George Tiller's sin was incredibly public, blatant, and he most assuredly was not repentent. Most Bible-believing churches would have exercised this principle of expelling non-repentent sinners from the Church. George Tiller should have been excommunicated from the family of believers in an attempt to change his heart back to God.
Will the author apply this line of...of..what shall we call it?...self serving justification?...to the shooter?
He (the shooter) made a choice for “good” (he gets to define good) reasons, and in good faith (his own “faith” in his own ability to decide what is right) in a matter of his (superior to God's law) conscience.
He'd make an outstanding member of the RLC!