Furthermore, on Friday, President Obama openly declared that Americans need to change their religious views to be accepting of gay marriage - that those who disagree with the idea of gay marriage based on their religious views, must change to be more like progressives who accept gay marriage. He then encouraged gay marriage supporters to "help” people overcome their deeply-held religious views. We have already seen what this "help" in overcoming deeply held religious beliefs looks like (bullying and intimidation).
To me the Dragon that must be slain is Political Correctness, and God may well have chosen his champion in that with Trump, time will tell.
We’ve been on the road to perdition for a while now as a nation. Homosexuality is a judgment from God, and we aren’t going to successfully fight God. That is not to say churches should be performing same sex weddings, they shouldn’t. That does mean that we should turn away from sin and turn toward God. Idolatry is a huge problem in our society, we have a problem on the whole with our priorities. That is the message which should be blasted from every pulpit!
We should avail ourselves of the best attorneys we can find and hang on. We should not throw up our hands and assume we will lose!
I will join you.
I think we will soon find out which Churches will stick to sound doctrine and pay the price, and which will go along with the ways of the world....
God grant us the strength to stand for Truth.
“At his execution, he withdrew his forced confession, and proclaimed the truth of the Protestant faith. He placed his hand in the fire, the hand with which he had falsely signed his renouncement of his beliefs, and said, “I have sinned, in that I signed with my hand what I did not believe with my heart. When the flames are lit, this hand shall be the first to burn”.
And when the fire was lit around his feet, he leaned forward and held his right hand in the fire until it was charred to a stump. Aside from this, he did not speak or move, except that once he raised his left hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. With that gesture, the government’s hope of quelling the Protestant Reformation was lost.”
http://www.thetudorswiki.com/page/Thomas+Cranmer+-+Historical+Profile
That is the sort of witness we must make. It is not time for silence or lying low. Speaking for myself personally, I often put my faith in America instead of in God. If the sinfulness of our nation causes more of us to focus on God instead of man, then revival may come. But if it does not, let at least our witness burn bright.
This is not, first and foremost, a political battle. This is a spiritual battle. I’m all in favor of fighting the political side as well, but victory or defeat comes from revival - or not. And ultimately, our witness IS our victory. We are meant for another world...
The Establishment of a New Religion.....
‘On Friday, President Obama openly declared that... Americans need to “change their religious views”.... to be accepting of gay marriage - that those who disagree with the idea of gay marriage ‘based on their religious views’, must change.... “to be more like progressives”.... who accept gay marriage.
He then encouraged gay marriage supporters to “help” people “overcome their deeply-held religious views”...
We have already seen what this “help” in overcoming deeply held religious beliefs looks like (bullying and intimidation).”
It’s teachers are a professional class of academic reformers and social workers, along with middle-class women connected to’ moral reform’ associations.
Progressive’s have a deep belief in the centrality of the instruction to “love one another”......and an openness to questioning and an insistence upon “intellectual rigor” along with acceptance of all people who have differing understandings of the concept of “God”.
They commit to helping the poor,solidarity with the poor but as the subjects of ‘their own emancipation’....as well support for LGBT rights and affirmation, including, but not limited to, marriage equality, affirmation of gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals ‘as authentic Christians’,....and affirmation of trans identity etc.
.... emphasizes salvation here and now instead of primarily in heaven later; emphasizes being saved for robust, abundant/eternal life over being saved from hell;......
emphasizes the social/communal aspects of salvation instead of merely the personal;.... stresses social justice as integral to discipleship;...... embraces reason as well as paradox and mystery — instead of blind allegiance to rigid doctrines and dogmas;.... does not consider homosexuality to be sinful; and does not claim that Christianity is the only valid or viable way to connect to God.