Posted on 06/12/2018 11:40:41 AM PDT by Gamecock
Jesus used the term father - are they going to edit him too?
What nonsense!
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
These people do not know that God does not have a gender. He is a spirit.
Bingo! Who are we to judge?
Anyone know of good options or alternatives o UMC??
-especially if Presby is not, Lutheran is not, Episs is not, catholic?? where is there to turn?
Lennie also believed in having sex with more than one gender.
Reading and knowing the Bible simply weren't cultural traditions within American Methodism. Without understanding the Bible, people don't have the Whole Armor of God with which to fight. When I started studying the Bible on my own in my 40s, it gradually unraveled my cradle-Methodist "identity" until I finally had had enough of the heretical virtue-signalling and started seeking a Bible-believing church. So far, the LCMS is holding steady.
Not all Presbyterians are liberal. Look for PCA, OPC, or RPCNA, to name a few.
Maybe a tornado will hit the building, like one did at a certain ELCA conference.
The Creation was Created by God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. It was created by the Trinity.
Which is why in Genesis Chapter 1, God spoke in the first person plural.
The Bible-believing branch of Lutheranism is the Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod (LCMS),. Salvation is "by grace alone, though faith alone and scripture alone." LCMS does not permit women pastors, although women can be elders and teachers, and does not believe in birth control, abortion or sex outside of marriage and marriage is between one man and one woman. It is in the Apostolic faith tradition God is the same yesterday, today and forever. Technology changes, but the Word of God doesn't change with the times.
Have a look around the web site: Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod, and see if there is a congregation near you: Locator: LCMS Churches and Schools
Free Methodist (Winona Lake, as opposed to UMC)
Presbyterian Church of America (as opposed to PCUSA)
Orthodox Presbyterian Church (as opposed to PCUSA)
Anglican churches associated with an African diocese (very conservative, and as opposed to ECUSA)
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church (as opposed to ELCA).
Southern Baptist Church (be discerning on the individual churches)
maybe Independent Fundamentalist Baptists (watch for legalism)
Church of Christ (again, watch for some legalistic congregations, BTW, NOT United Church of Christ, which became dead liberal where Jonathan Edwards (Sinners at the Hands of an Angry God) would weep).
United Pentecostal Church (not Assemblies of God) denies the Trinity.
Eh. Not a big deal. The UMC has been apostate for years. What non-Christians do is not a big issue with me one way or another.
A scholar like CSL understood the difference between male/female and masculine/feminine. Read That Hideous Strength.
Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν Πατέρα παντοκράτορα.
That next to the last word translates as "Father."
Nobody has the right to change what is the common heritage of most Christians in order to suit their sensibilities or agenda. Using "Father" to refer to God is biblical, and has theological significance.
Theres madness in their Method
Geographic regions are run by their own bishop. There is no one at a higher level to correct him until the 4 year general conference in 2020.
However, this is more evidence of terminal illness and why I have left. I no longer see hope for the denomination.
About one second after each of them dies, thousands upon thousands of Methodists are going to be very surprised at their eternal destination. It’s going to be the opposite of their expectation.
Please tell me where this idea ever came from.
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