tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3144458096266187873..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The Invention of Sexual Identity...Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-70676579503269102862011-11-08T11:41:55.983-06:002011-11-08T11:41:55.983-06:00Good pick up....Good pick up....Pastor Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-53407749336538900222011-11-08T09:13:26.124-06:002011-11-08T09:13:26.124-06:00I don't know if you look back at posts that ar...I don't know if you look back at posts that are three weeks old but I want to point out a vital q/a in the interview:<br /><br />The church has largely accepted this sexual identity framework. What have been the consequences and implications?<br /><br />The church has bought into these identity categories for the last hundred years. The turmoil we're experiencing in the church today is a legacy of that acceptance. On an individual level people feel judged not in their behavior where there are choices, but instead in their very essence, in who they are as persons. And there is the idea that some people are better than other people by virtue of sexual feelings that they didn't even choose. On a corporate level we have organizations like churches and colleges and non-profits that use stances on homosexuality as part of their defining characteristic and that is resulting in divisions and heightened conflict.<br /><br />Let us not forget that this process of defining people by their sexuality is not only a matter of secular schools and our society - the Church has also played its part in defining people by their sexual feelings.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-37707939314385027152011-10-15T09:22:48.971-05:002011-10-15T09:22:48.971-05:00The role of strong Christian parents
has a tremend...The role of strong Christian parents<br />has a tremendous influence on their<br />sons and daughters. Sons who have<br />a strong role model in their father<br />are not confused about their gender.<br />The masculine traits are passed on<br />as a natural outcome of Christian<br />family interaction. Sons actually<br />want to be like their father. My<br />father stressed academic excellence<br />and sports. So I was an honor student<br />and played baseball and basketball.<br /><br />Most important of all, my father<br />lived the Christian lifestyle and<br />we were active in our Lutheran <br />church and attended worship every<br />week. Faith in Christ was the key<br />to our family unity, mother and<br />father and children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-36395644302790152412011-10-15T08:38:49.658-05:002011-10-15T08:38:49.658-05:00I don't understand how it came about but it...I don't understand how it came about but it's going to have such an impact on our society in the near and distant future. We've made babies irrelevant by abortion, we're working on the disabled and elderly with euthanasia, marriage is no longer an institution and now gender is choice.<br /><br />They (whoever they may be) prey on the confused, hormone laden youth and convince them that it is a choice and encourage same sex relationships even if for a "trial" to determine if you like any or all sexes. I liked Pr. Fisk's reply via Paul to the issue, that the Lord has just turned them over to a depraved mind, following their lusts.<br /><br />Soon, we'll be commenting on even more depravity, which will make homosexuality seem bland by comparison.Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337019503451500138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-37384564196584252732011-10-15T06:21:24.454-05:002011-10-15T06:21:24.454-05:00Look for alot of confused people, especially those...Look for alot of confused people, especially those who go to college. This does not bode well for our country, or the world. It is a form of demographic suicide.Ted Badjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220879004715648795noreply@blogger.com