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UCC Minister Suggest Mary (Jesus’ Mother) Was a Pro-Choice Icon + She Had the Freedom to Choose
Protestia ^ | December 5, 2024 | staff

Posted on 12/05/2024 3:16:35 PM PST by Morgana

Caleb J. Lines, Senior Minister of University Christian Church, whose church is part of the United Church of Christ (UCC) denomination, might hate Jesus more than anyone we know.

We could tell you that he’s pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ, and routinely insists that the bible should not be trusted, that it is not “God-breathed,” and that Jesus did not die for the sins of the world, but this recent Instagram post explains the level of reprobation we’re dealing with.

Months after preaching a sermon where he claimed Jesus was xenophobic and misogynistic and needed to be corrected and called out by the Canaanite woman, Lines preached a Christmas/Advent sermon where he used the story of Jesus’s mother Mary saying ‘yes’ to the angel Gabriel as an example of a pro-choice power move.

Going on a 10-minute tangent about how the scriptures support abortion, Lines points out that even Mary was given the option to have Jesus or say no and decline the pregnancy, a choice he says many women do not have on account of unjust anti-abortion laws.

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TOPICS: Mainline Protestant
KEYWORDS: abortion; prolife; virginmary
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Seems every Christmas some idiot pastor says something like this about the Blessed Virgin Mary
1 posted on 12/05/2024 3:16:35 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

INSANE!!!!!! and DEMONIC!!


2 posted on 12/05/2024 3:19:20 PM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: Morgana

Well, you have to admit, Mary choose well and should be considered an example of making the right choice.


3 posted on 12/05/2024 3:19:21 PM PST by rdcbn1 (TV )
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To: Morgana

Personal opinion here but anyone having anything to do with commercialized churches is an idiot. The left has infiltrated every aspect of life and needs to be eradicated.

Religion is free, requires no weekly contributions and church gatherings. Religion is between you and God alone. Anything else is BS brought to you by those who want to destroy that personal relationship.


4 posted on 12/05/2024 3:22:20 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: maddog55

This guy needs to buy a Bible. It is clear that Mary’s time to choose was BEFORE Jesus was conceived (which is how it should be today). There is no hint that after He was conceived she would have even considered murdering Him in her womb.


5 posted on 12/05/2024 3:35:50 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Morgana

EVERYONE has the right to choose and Mary did. If someone wants to butcher a baby they can choose that , they don’t need a law. Though maybe a law allowing it makes them feel they have some sort of moral support for the act.


6 posted on 12/05/2024 3:39:10 PM PST by TalBlack (Time to use the Law and the Power. Good luck Mr. President.)
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To: Morgana

One can choose God and follow Him or choose evil and follow Satan.

So one chooses Heaven or Hell! Your choice!


7 posted on 12/05/2024 3:49:53 PM PST by ADSUM ( )
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To: Morgana
Why bother with a detailed refutation when really they are just trolling?

The Sodomy churches think they can make our heads explode or something.

I spell "Sodomy" with a capital-S because it is the name of a religion.

8 posted on 12/05/2024 3:55:31 PM PST by Salman (In Hell it is a punishable offense not to call it Heaven. )
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To: Morgana

He should be pulled right out of that pulpit.


9 posted on 12/05/2024 3:59:48 PM PST by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread”)
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To: pollywog

💯.


10 posted on 12/05/2024 4:01:21 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Trump_Triumphant

And thrown into Hades where he belongs.


11 posted on 12/05/2024 4:17:55 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Morgana

United Church of Christ. Enough said.


12 posted on 12/05/2024 4:23:11 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: maddog55
Personal opinion here but anyone having anything to do with commercialized churches is an idiot.
Not quite sure what “commercialized churches” means, but worship can have both personal and public aspects without their being mutually exclusive.
13 posted on 12/05/2024 4:38:07 PM PST by eastsider
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To: Morgana

VILE!! PURE EVIL!


14 posted on 12/05/2024 4:40:18 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: pollywog

There IS a line that you can cross with GOD,like Pharoah, where he’s says NO MORE, and gives you up. This is coming very close.


15 posted on 12/05/2024 4:56:22 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: pollywog

Gossip has it that she was President of the local chapter of planned parenthood.


16 posted on 12/05/2024 4:59:25 PM PST by chopperk (airhi)
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To: Morgana

The UCC can hardly call itself a church. Having said that, there are probably a few local churches with Bible believing pastors and congregations. But shame on them for staying within that denomination.


17 posted on 12/05/2024 5:00:06 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray with ceasing))
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To: maddog55

What about the Biblical precept, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.” Hebrews 10:23-25.


18 posted on 12/05/2024 5:06:02 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray with ceasing))
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To: eastsider

I don’t go to church, no need. My relationship with God is between me and him. I don’t need a weekly surmon on someone’s opinion of what they think the bible says or means.

Which bible would be the first question and why did you choose that one.

Any church that ask for money is commercialized. Religion is free.


19 posted on 12/05/2024 5:34:29 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Morgana
Don't Draw Back
20 posted on 12/05/2024 5:36:35 PM PST by ealgeone
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