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Why the church should neither cave nor panic about the decision on gay marriage
Washington Post ^
| 26JUN15
| Russell Moore
Posted on 06/26/2015 11:16:43 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater
As I write this, the Supreme Court has handed down what will be the Roe v. Wade of marriage, redefining marriage in all 50 states. This is a sober moment, and I am a conscientious dissenter from this ruling. The Court now has disregarded thousands of years of definition of the most foundational unit of society, and the cultural changes here will be broad and deep. So how should the church respond?
First of all, the church should not panic. The Supreme Court can do many things, but the Supreme Court cannot get Jesus back in that tomb. Jesus of Nazareth is still alive. He is still calling the universe toward his kingdom.
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TOPICS: Activism; Current Events; General Discusssion; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: church; homosexual; homosexualagenda; marriage; oped; ssm
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An excellent call to remember who we are, where we came from, and what the ultimate goal is. Let the godless among us celebrate their all-too-temporary, never-fulfilling earthly tactical victories.
We've already won the war.
To: Future Snake Eater
We've already won the war. Thanks for the badly needed reminder.
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:18:11 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Future Snake Eater; All
This opinion piece is by Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.
To: Future Snake Eater
Free Republic has become inundated by Discouragement Trolls. They are everywhere, posted in replies to every article.
It’s over.
We’re done for.
the republic is at its end.
they’ve won.
And on and on. Folks, these are TROLLS.
They are filling every thread.
We haven’t even begun to fight! Don’t let them get to you! These are paid TROLLS.
Look at the conservative movement, we haven’t done really much of anything. Break free, get on your local school boards, mobilize, people, we haven’t even really mobilized yet. Take on the local Republican establishment and get normal people into the process —— I don’t like the word ‘conservative’ I prefer normal. Just normal.
Get your legs under you. Yes, we need a leader, yes, we need encouragement -— just remember, conservatives have only put out a tenth of what strength they really have.
Ignore the god-damned discouragement trolls!
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:25:11 AM PDT
by
squarebarb
( Fairy tales are basically true.)
To: Future Snake Eater
The enemy giving advice to us again.
Better do the opposite
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:26:21 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Future Snake Eater
The Wash Post is the enemy
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:26:45 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Future Snake Eater
A good article. Well said.
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:27:23 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
To: Future Snake Eater
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Future Snake Eater ...
Please don't take this the wrong way ...
I am a committed Evangelical Christian, looking foward to someday conversing with Christ in Heaven, surrounded by 100 million angels singing Handel's Messiah ...
BUT ... BUT ... BUT ...
Why do America's Christians keep sucking-up to the STUPID IDEA that we're just supposed to let the American Constitutional Republic sink into a Moral Abyss ...
with the NEXT STEP being National Destruction ?
I'm sixty (60) years old, and had a salvation experience at seven years old ...
I am (please don't get me wrong) SICK of sermons about Revelation's "Four Horsemen" ...
while Pastors are "patheic cowards" when artfully dodging political issues like abortion, sodomite marriage, etc.
That's right. "Pathetic Cowards".
Any of you who happen to live in Florida ... and are considering supporting Ted Cruz ...
need to DROP the KEYBOARDS ...
CHALLENGE YOUR PASTORS to "Man the Heck Up" ...
and do "something" to save the United States of America.
Period.
.
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:27:40 AM PDT
by
Patton@Bastogne
(Communications@TedCruzFloridaVictory.org)
To: Future Snake Eater
We've already won the war. So is this going to be your excuse for sitting back while others take the fight to the enemy? Sorry, FRiend, but your words here sound like that guy in Iraq who kept telling the Iraqi people that they were winning the war against the USA even as US tanks entered Baghdad.
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:30:02 AM PDT
by
MeganC
(You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
To: squarebarb
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:30:06 AM PDT
by
Patton@Bastogne
(Communications@TedCruzFloridaVictory.org)
To: Patton@Bastogne
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:30:45 AM PDT
by
Patton@Bastogne
(Communications@TedCruzFloridaVictory.org)
To: GeronL
The Wash Post is the enemy
Yes, but now and again they slip up and print something worthwhile.
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:30:49 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: GeronL
So we should cave and panic?
To: Future Snake Eater
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:32:54 AM PDT
by
Guenevere
(If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do........Psalms 11:3)
To: GeronL
The Wash Post is the enemyOutstanding analysis right there.
To: MeganC
So is this going to be your excuse for sitting back while others take the fight to the enemy?Did you even read the article?
To: Future Snake Eater
Hey, “churches”, one little phrase for ya: 501(c)(3). You are OWNED by the government! You WILL do as they damned well say. You sold your souls for a tax break.
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:33:48 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: squarebarb
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:34:56 AM PDT
by
Idaho_Cowboy
(Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
To: skeeter
No I think the war is about to begin, the war that will remake America 1 way or the other!
The war on the Cops is in play.
The war on whites and the South is in play.
The war on Christianity and marriage is in play.
The war on our border thus the national identity is in play.
The war on the 1% (AKA the rich and Middle Class) is in play.
The war on American’s jobs is in play.
The war in the ME coming to our shores is in play.
And where is this all eminating from?
From each and every branch of our government, GOP congress fully included.
I fear that all these things are about to mesh and come to a head soon.
I pray for America that all is not lost.
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:42:28 AM PDT
by
Harpotoo
To: CodeToad
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posted on
06/26/2015 11:43:17 AM PDT
by
Patton@Bastogne
(Communications@TedCruzFloridaVictory.org)
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