Therefore:
Lutheran (EL C S*A) Ping!
* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.
Christ is Revealed, Glorify Him!
Posted on 02/10/2021 5:37:02 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Washington National Cathedral is taking flak for having allowed an evangelical who believes homosexuality is immoral to preach during a virtual church service.
Max Lucado, a bestselling Christian author and pastor of the nondenominational Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, preached to the church about the Holy Spirit on Sunday, which outraged some members of the liberal Episcopalian denomination to which the National Cathedral belongs.
Lucado, who was invited by the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Paul in the City and the Diocese of Washington, D.C., to preach, has publicly opposed homosexual behavior and gay marriage. A petition addressed to Dean Randy Hollerith describes Lucado’s teachings on the issue as actively harmful.
“Lucado’s teachings and preaching inflicts active harm on LGBTQ people,” the petition said, which called for Lucado to be disinvited. “To cite one example, in 2004 he wrote of his fears that homosexuality would lead to ‘legalized incest’ and likened same-sex marriage to incest and bestiality.”
“Fear-mongering and dehumanizing messages from powerful speakers like Lucado have been used to justify rollbacks of LGBTQ rights and to exclude LGBTQ people from civil protections and sacred rites,” the petition continued. “To our knowledge, Lucado has not publicly renounced these views.”
Appealing to the fact that the National Cathedral houses the remains of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was brutally beaten and murdered in 1998, the petition seemingly conflated Lucado’s opposition to homosexuality with the torture that Shepard suffered.
“Matthew Shepard’s remains were entrusted to the care of this cathedral,” the petition said. “Inviting a man who preaches the kind of dangerous theology that promotes oppression of and violence toward the LGBTQ community does not honor that trust nor serve his memory.”
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What they’re saying is “God is dangerous”. That’s what Satan believes also.
The National Cathedral has been anti-Christian for years and years.
Jesus taught this kind of dangerous theology and He faced oppression and violence for it. Anybody at this "Church" remember Him?
Well, these people may want to pick up a Bible and take a read. They may learn something.
Also about bearing false witness by insinuating Lucado advocates violence.
Someone really messed up and let a Christian in the door of that facility.
Therefore:
Lutheran (EL C S*A) Ping!
* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.
Christ is Revealed, Glorify Him!
So much for tolerance.
This is why I swam the Tiber.
I have heard pastor Lucado. He is publishing a lot of bible studies. Great preacher, actually quite moderate as I would judge.
But now the left extremists are the new center.
Everybody even somewhat biblical is a dangerous extremist, I guess!
The LGBTQ identifiers only hope for salvation is recognizing they are lost and Repenting. Telling them they are not going to hell is an evil sin that indicates lostness also. False teachers also need to Repent! Jesus died to save the lost.
Wasn't Jesus banned from the Washington National Cathedral in January? I heard it on good authority He was banned from the rest of the city at the same time.
I believe that it is the duty of the church to tell it like
it is, and let the chips fall where they will.
Judgment will be God’s, but we are instructed to remain true
to Biblical truths.
I’ve been asked what my stance on Homosexuality is. I
answered honestly. I also said that I have friends who are
homosexuals and it’s not for me to condemn them. I don’t
believe it’s what God intended, but he/not I, will be the
final judge.
I sin. People remain friendly with me. Even Jesus does.
I think that’s a good model to follow.
But, Moslems actually in the Cathedral for “worship” is ok.
And taking out Confederate general glass is ok.
But Christian who opposes homo, which is traditionally understood in the church, is bad to have on video.
I suppose, then, that John the Baptist was preaching a “dangerous theology” when he called upon his hearers to repent from all manner of sins!!!!
What about Jesus? More “dangerous theology”?
It took 80 years to build the National Cathedral. I always thought it bizarre that however faithful the men who placed the cornerstone were, by the time it was finished, the people no longer believed.
I would posit that it is best to say what Gods word says about homosexuality and all the other sins any of us have already committed or may commit. Then tell them about the glorious resurrection of Christ as an indication and verification of the gift of forgiveness of sins and eternal life with God after our demise.
The response to that message will tell you all you need to know.
Freegards
I’d imagine so.
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