tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post2874477758003922700..comments2024-03-29T09:20:16.581-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The positive prophet of Red Letter Christianity. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-63165901811914296082015-07-21T11:00:58.043-05:002015-07-21T11:00:58.043-05:00@Anonymous: The ssa Christians I know who struggl...@Anonymous: The ssa Christians I know who struggle with their sin yet remain celibate would add an hearty amen.Kirk Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142889734004402296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-7562545131225833732015-07-18T09:05:28.937-05:002015-07-18T09:05:28.937-05:00@ MS. Carol @ Mr. Davis,
We are called to live li...@ MS. Carol @ Mr. Davis,<br /><br />We are called to live lives of repentance and to turn from our sins. I hate my addiction to porn, and I will spend the rest of my life turning(repenting) from that sin. What a disservice to me if the LCMS told me "it's ok to use porn, God doesn't care". That's a lie from Hell. We always speak the truth in love to homosexuals, and telling them lies like the popular culture is doing is no service to them. Uncomfortable yes, but always the truth. Thanks.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-68112405459849069392015-07-18T08:52:04.821-05:002015-07-18T08:52:04.821-05:00When a loved family member falls into sin the fami...When a loved family member falls into sin the family must love that member and call them to repentance. Supporting their sin and damnation is not a loving response.David Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966977894876326659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-57713952508458305212015-07-18T08:44:49.094-05:002015-07-18T08:44:49.094-05:00What about a situation where there is a large fami...What about a situation where there is a large family where all of the children have been baptized and confirmed in the LCMS and then one of the siblings realizes that he or she is gay? Are the rest of the family members supposed to lecture this sibling on her sinfulness over the Thanksgiving Day dinner table? Or do we love this siblings and support him and thus disregard the teachings of the LCMS and eventually leave and find other churches?<br /> The LCMS pastor at the church where we siblings were all confirmed is divorced and remarried, how is this church to condemn someone who was aware at a young age that he/she was a little different? We would rather support our sibling and his/her partner with love and make family happiness a priority and find other churches where we are made to feel welcome.<br /> ---- Carol<br /> <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-35202481875736301042015-07-17T10:51:56.845-05:002015-07-17T10:51:56.845-05:00Jesus I know, and St. Paul I know, and the Church ...Jesus I know, and St. Paul I know, and the Church Fathers I know, but who is Tony Campolo. Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-7246183067526357062015-07-17T10:36:54.450-05:002015-07-17T10:36:54.450-05:00Must we embrace the sin to love the sinner?Must we embrace the sin to love the sinner?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-83800149563505323742015-07-17T09:19:44.460-05:002015-07-17T09:19:44.460-05:00"Tony has decided that his experience, reason...<i>"Tony has decided that his experience, reason, and science says that the Bible is wrong."</i> <br /><br />As his own self-omniscient god (and a social scientist, to boot) Tony claims authority to override the Triune God when he decides that God's divine will in Scripture is <b>not fair</b>.<br /><br />How much Campolo demonstrates his violation of the First Commandment is explained in this excerpt from <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20040516094107/http://www.crisisinthelcms.org/appendixWW.htm" rel="nofollow">January 13, 2003, Testimony of the Rev. Dr. David L. Adams</a> before the Synodical Dispute Resolution Panel: <br /><br />"The point is that the issue in the First Commandment is proximity not sequence. The God of the Bible is not claiming the right to be <i>first</i> in the affections of his people (as the phrase <i>before me</i> in English can easily be misunderstood to mean), He is prohibiting His people from allowing any other god anywhere around Him. Yahweh does not want to be our first god, or even to be first in our life; he insists upon being our only god, the only divine being that we have anything to do with. The First Commandment is a demand for a radical and absolute exclusivity in our relationship with the realm of divine beings."<br /><br />Dr. Adams translates the First Commandment, "You must not have other gods before my face." With his support for homosexual "marriage" Tony Campolo is now blaspheming God <i>before His face</i>."Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-36919261739845214992015-07-17T08:48:18.458-05:002015-07-17T08:48:18.458-05:00A pastor who is guilty of gross sin and is unrepen...A pastor who is guilty of gross sin and is unrepentant should indeed be disciplined.David Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966977894876326659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-26247200386260985552015-07-17T08:37:23.992-05:002015-07-17T08:37:23.992-05:00". As a Christian, my responsibility is not t...". As a Christian, my responsibility is not to condemn or reject gay people, but rather to love and embrace them, and to endeavor to draw them into the fellowship of the Church. "<br />Pastor Peters, in the sentence above, replace "gay people" with your personal most frustrating sin against God; then read the sentence again. Would you want Christians to reject you because of your sin? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04314080476382907548noreply@blogger.com