Posted on 02/25/2010 1:11:19 PM PST by SmithL
“If a church would not accept my sister, then they would not accept me”
Yet, this is what Christ says:
“And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.”
Fagottry trumps all.
Just the same as being gay, isn’t it. What a unmitigated load of bat guano. You poor, stupid, foolish people.
“...The next step is for the St. Stephen congregation council to send a letter to the RIC Grassroots Organizer to have the church officially included in the national roster of RIC congregations...”
And the step after that is be prepared to have your congregation disappear over the next 5-10 years.
Missing the forest for the trees.
Every single church, every one of them, is populated with 100 percent sinners. Not a single church can boast a person who does not sin on a regular basis.
As for Churches condemning any one, that isn’t their place. A church is a place for people to find forgiveness for their many sins.
It’s when churches start monkeying with the definition of sin is where things start to go aglee.
Their tent is so large it will collapse in on itself and spiritually kill all those within it
A church does not forgive sins, the Lord does.
“A church is a place for people to find forgiveness for their many sins.”
A church does not forgive sins, the Lord does.
Hard not to be sarcastic in reply. Of course, the Lord is the one who forgives. It was my entire point - churches shouldn’t condemn or forgive.
Whole world is losing its mind it seems.
THAT’S WHERE THE protestant churches came from....I don’t agree with the Catholic church so I will start my own or join someone elses......it’s very hard to be a Catholic....there’s no middle ground, you do not have a menu to choose from. You are either Catholic or you are not......and we don’t cut your head off if you leave! (we’re very compassionate!)
..and we don’t cut your head off if you leave!Not now, but back in Luther's day, . . .
It appears that the ELCA welcomes sinners with their unrepentant sins. Should legitimate Christian churches not condemn acts that God says are unrighteous?
It isn't the church that is "condemning" her sister.
My church is Baptist and I don't claim to know a lot about other people's churches but my church would welcome her sister as long as she wasn't disruptive.
She could sit in the congregation and hear the word of God but could not join our membership without repentance.
Not now, but back in Luther’s day
oh please....the violence Catholic? protestant was Barely worse than the Protestant/Catholic....get over it....the protestant revolution (notice I didn’t say reformation) was wrong, wrong, wrong...Luther, Wesley, Zwingley, Calvin Henry VIII, etc etc etc decided that they, not Christ, could form a church here on Earth......I may be wrong, but I’ll stick with the one that the Savior Himself founded.....when you decide to “reform” from without, an organization, you don’t get to make the rules as to what the original organization is. You can make up your own rules pertaining to your dissident group, Mormans, Jehovah Witnesses, Adventists, etc.....but don’t try to tell the Catholic church what they should believe! Again, the word protestant means somethine....it means that you are protesting against the Catholic Church.......have at it, but don’t try to change the true church of Christ.....there is only one you know, not 20,000 disperate denominations all of which think that thay have discovered the truth!!!
I may be wrongThat's the part you got right. Luther didn't leave the Roman Church, but tried to reform the Church from within. The pope responded by putting a price on Luther's head and excommunicated him.
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When long and cruel night was gone
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Totally ignorant statement! The Catholic Church does not "condemn" her sister; it condemns the 'active' homosexual lifestyle. Were the sister to leave the lover and embrace a christian life, she will always be welcome in the Catholic Church.
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