Posted on 06/29/2015 6:43:31 AM PDT by yetidog
Jesus was speaking out against a lynch mob who had no right to “judge” anyone. Plus I have always suspected that many of the men in the mob were customers of the prostitute. Think about it, it takes two to tango so to speak.
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yes, my pastor is strong. Orlando Calvary Chapel.
That’s their intention, to make people feel isolated. Yesterday was a great day of encouragement for believers gathering together. Don’t miss this opportunity to be together encouraging one another.
I’m still visiting churches in my area to select a biblical one and went to two different services at two churches yesterday. The first, a Calvary Chapel (restrained “Charismatic”), was a profoundly serious and pertinent sermon on what this meant for our country, which is no longer the United States, but a “Unified State” (singular), along with our hope in ultimate victory.
The second, a modernized Southern Baptist Church (who felt the need to remove “Baptist” from their name for appearance sake) didn’t mention a word about it. I’m looking forward to them calling on me about my visit, so I can let them have it with both barrels.
We heard that we should be careful not to let our hearts turn to hate. That we are called to love others even when they are wrong. Also, fear not, that nothing, nothing, nothing changes the Church’s teaching on marriage.
We were asked to pray for all Christians around the world, INLUDING our own country.
Our (young) priest told us to be prepared for the persecution to come, decried the traitors to the Faith in government and within the Church, reminded us that we are SUPPOSED to judge between Good and Evil so that we may discern God’s path, pointing out that the injunction not to judge refers to purporting to judge what is in God’s mind.
He concluded his remarks with Matthew 16:18 “...upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Our (Traditional Latin low) Mass ended with the traditional Leonine Prayers, including this one to Saint Michael:
“Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls.”
After Mass, we had Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament, during which there was an unusually long period of silent meditation. We all had a lot to pray about.
My wife recalled that as kids, we all felt so lucky not to be persecuted the way the Poles and other Iron Block Catholics were experiencing under Communism.
Now the persecution is coming home.
Pray and fast.
Wow! I feel extremely sorry for you.
Thanks for the link.
I am listening now.
>>It they did, I bet they pretty much said the same thing...”people of good will on both sides yada, yada.”
In my PCA church, we were told that America has gone off the rails. We already knew that our pastor and our church will never marry a homosexual couple.
The KofC council that I belong to is losing our council hall because of this. We can no longer host weddings, which used to pay the bills, so we are having to sell the building.
“God is not concerned about the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion on morality. God does not change, God’s law does not change.”
“We as Christians have lived comfortably in the nominally Christian culture of the United States. As it becomes uncomfortable, it will separate the sheep from the goats. Being a member of a local church will no longer be seen as socially beneficial. It will increasingly become more difficult. Our role as Christians is not to worry about how the world perceives us. We know, even if we have forgotten occasionally, that the world hates us and it has always hated us. That does not change our obligation to reach out in love.”
“Christians have fought the culture war in this country with placards and signs and other in your face efforts. That has not worked. In ancient Rome, the pagans practiced infanticide by exposing their unwanted babies — usually girls. Christians at night rescued these abandoned children and raised them in Christ. Those baby girls grew to be women who influenced their husbands and children. Christians took over the Roman Empire through love, kindness, and service in Christ. We will not influence this world by fighting on their terms. We must actively show them the love of Christ through our lives.”
Those are paraphrases from both the morning Sunday school class and the sermon.
I attend a very conservative reformed Baptist church, so it’s a given we do not stand for homosexual rights and gay marriage. Our pastor commented at the open of our service to say first that the ruling was what he expected. He said the storm clouds are really gathering and that God’s people should prepare themselves for what’s heading our way. He expects we will see awful things happen to this nation and in the world. He urged us to pray and stay grounded in the Word. He reminded us that our hope is in Christ, not in our nation or political leaders. As a congregation we are very involved in foreign missions, so he mentioned some of the specific dangers some of our friends around the world live with every day and said that we may soon face the same dangers. He also reminded us that our God is utterly sovereign and that He has already won the victory. Our duty is to be holy because He is holy.
Do you have a congregation full of lost sinners? Why would a pastor keep preaching the same sermon to born again believers.
Or maybe he isn't.
Our pastor emphasized that he won’t be doing anything different but that, as Christians, we need to take a close look at our own witness — our lives, marriages, parenting should all cause non-Christians to desire what we have. In our words and actions we need to demonstrate what a Christ follower is like. The divorce rate among Christians is a shame to the church.
True churches know they have been under attack and are now in battle, and will speak truth to lies, regardless of consequences. Hopefully many authentic men in them will arise with strength as Christian soldiers.
Rainbow churches will, of course, gag their pastors, blackout certain passages in their pew bibles and celebrate sodomy.
>>My church doesn’t get into politics. Thats one of the reasons I like it.
That’s like saying “we don’t talk about sewage” when the toilets are all backed up. When it gets deep enough, you have to talk about it and by then, the problem is much worse.
Yes. Catholic priest. To summarize:
Marriage is between a man and a woman.
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