tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post2187184401597600645..comments2024-03-21T03:45:48.679-05:00Comments on Enter the Rainbow: Post 6 ... #UMCGC 2016Andy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944614269873479581noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-22263188209309982492016-06-21T10:55:45.570-05:002016-06-21T10:55:45.570-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Follower of Christhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229618004429033791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-31144382669925854492016-06-21T10:54:25.442-05:002016-06-21T10:54:25.442-05:00If you are reading this blog, please research what...If you are reading this blog, please research what the Bible says about homosexuality. The issue is not what you or I think or feel about it, but what God's Holy Word says. Please read the first chapter of Romans and 1st Corinthians 6:9-11 and the link below. <br />http://www.gotquestions.org/arsenokoitai.htm<br /><br />We need to be loving, kind, helpful, and welcome everyone into our church. Paul speaks of the fruit of the Spirit that should be evident in all followers of Christ in Galatians 6:22.<br />Our first obligation is to follow God's Word. Secondly, as Americans, I think we can agree that all humans deserve respect and the rights guaranteed by our Constitution.<br />At the same time we can't compromise our discipline to allow leaders of our churches to engage in lifestyles that the Bible says will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Not just homosexuality.) This can't be a matter of local churches deciding, it has to be based on scripture and the translations that have been interpreted the same way by many languages and cultures for centuries.<br /><br />Follower of Christhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229618004429033791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-87807635439877876612016-05-20T16:56:42.487-05:002016-05-20T16:56:42.487-05:00Why does the life of an African Methodist pastor m...Why does the life of an African Methodist pastor matters more than the lives of 21 African American t ranswomen murdered in the USA this year?<br />By our silence we condone these atrocities wherever they occur. You cannot make disciples or transform the world by keeping silentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-16816435641204960852016-05-17T09:30:50.094-05:002016-05-17T09:30:50.094-05:00I don't doubt that there is significant opposi...I don't doubt that there is significant opposition to homosexuality in Africa. I question the assertion that the lack of same puts a pastor in danger of death. George Nixon Shulernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-29033662364090073682016-05-15T23:35:50.128-05:002016-05-15T23:35:50.128-05:00This issue isn't about Robert's rules of o...This issue isn't about Robert's rules of order. It isn't a petty little"thing". This is about something beyond a human stain. It's taking an openly sinful situation and placing an acceptance card on it. It's completely making a mockery of the cross, it's taking the words of Jesus,when he told the woman to " Go and sin no more" be more like,Wait till I die and you can do what you want with no repercussion. Where does it stop? What will we stand for. Love all? Yes. Lie to them by saying some sin is acceptable? Shame on us and God help us!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-44326271938960866262016-05-15T19:52:59.351-05:002016-05-15T19:52:59.351-05:00If this is the case maybe American United Methodis...If this is the case maybe American United Methodist would be safest forming a separate denomination to avoid be held hostage by cultures who do not affirm that all of humanity, not just straight men and women, are created in God's image. God loves all of humanity, not just straight humanity. And biblically all sin and fall sort of God's glory.scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11108495645813913854noreply@blogger.com