tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post1092313475591763758..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: When truth becomes the enemy of love. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-43451180415661101262020-03-17T08:04:01.005-05:002020-03-17T08:04:01.005-05:00No one said truth is empty of compassion or withou...No one said truth is empty of compassion or without kindness. Of course you are correct. Truth without love is not truth. But what the post was saying is that love without truth is not love either. What happened to is a betrayal and lacks both truth and love if lies or innuendo are the tools used against you. While such a person is a sinner, that person does not speak for God in lies and falsehoods and God will hold that person accountable. To all repentant, God offers forgiveness full and free. He loves all sinners and desires that they come to the knowledge of the truth and that truth is the sin is exposed and the death of Christ pays the price of that sin forever. The cross does not shrug off sin but overcomes it with the love strong enough to face it, pay its price, and suffer in the place of the sinner. That is our hope and that is YOUR hope, my friend.Pastor Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-68992519655700358912020-03-16T08:07:41.652-05:002020-03-16T08:07:41.652-05:00Hmmm what does truth really give?
I lived my whol...Hmmm what does truth really give?<br /><br />I lived my whole life since I was 13 being repentant for being attracted to other guys. I am single and celibate because I believe God does not permit sex between men.<br /><br />All it got me was a district president who acted in such a way as to start rumors in my home congregation that I was a child molester so that I am ashamed to go to church any more.<br /><br />I will continue to obey God but I no longer give a crap whether I go to heaven or hell or whether God forgives me or not. <br /><br />It does not matter because truth without kindness or love is simply cold.Mattnoreply@blogger.com