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• Jimmy Carter on Homosexuality: ‘Jesus Never Said a Word About It’

  March 19, 2012 at 1:40pm

  The Bible does not describe homosexuality as a “greater” sin than any other. All sin is offensive to God. Homosexuality is just one of the many things listed in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 that will keep a person from the kingdom of God.

  “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).

  The Bible consistently tells us that homosexual activity is a sin (Genesis 19:1-13; Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9). Romans 1:26-27 teaches specifically that homosexuality is a result of denying and disobeying God. When people continue in sin and unbelief, God “gives them over” to even more wicked and depraved sin in order to show them the futility and hopelessness of life apart from God. 1 Corinthians 6:9 proclaims that homosexual “offenders” will not inherit the kingdom of God.

  According to the Bible, God’s forgiveness is just as available to a homosexual as it is to an adulterer, idol worshipper, murderer, thief, etc. God also promises the strength for victory over sin, including homosexuality, to all those who will believe in Jesus Christ for their salvation (1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Philippians 4:13).

• Victoria’s Secret Model Who Quit Over Faith Tells Beck: ‘There’s No Happiness‘ in Getting ’Half-Naked’

  February 21, 2012 at 8:49am

  In reply to jay01.

  People do not recognize their responsibility to judge and that includes most professing believers. Before you judge anyone, you must recognize that you need to be living like Jesus (I John 2:6) and overcoming sin in your life (I John 3:3-10) before you should judge (Matthew 7:5). If you are one of the many professing believers who do not recognize the need to live like Jesus or to live above sin I would advise you NOT to judge because you would be a hypocrite. (Matthew 7:1-5)

  People who have quoted Matthew 7:1 flippantly at someone telling them, “You aren’t supposed to judge anyone”? If so, you are wrong and in fact, you may have made a wrong judgment about the person you told that to. Many people have been taught that judging is wrong, but in reality it is often the responsibility of a Christian.

• Victoria’s Secret Model Who Quit Over Faith Tells Beck: ‘There’s No Happiness‘ in Getting ’Half-Naked’

  February 21, 2012 at 8:48am

  In reply to jay01.

  hat if Christians do not judge? If a Christian does not point out the sin in someone’s life he or she will be held responsible because they kept silent! God said, “When I say to a wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself” (Ezekiel 3:18-19). Clearly, we have a responsibility to others! Another danger of failing to judge is that you can get deceived more easily if you do not judge. “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world” (I John 4:1). If you can’t judge someone as a false prophet, you may be deceived. The Church of Ephesus was commended for judging false apostles as false: “I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false” (Revelation 2:2).

• Victoria’s Secret Model Who Quit Over Faith Tells Beck: ‘There’s No Happiness‘ in Getting ’Half-Naked’

  February 21, 2012 at 8:47am

  Does the Bible really forbid judging others? Let’s read the context of this verse:

  “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:1-5)

  This verse tells us that in whatever manner we judge others, we will be judged. Jesus then proceeds to explain HOW TO JUDGE. First, he says, you must take “the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:5) and if you do not do that first, you are being a hypocrite. This passage does not condemn all instances of judging others, but it does speak against judging another person IF YOU HAVE A PLANK IN YOUR EYE. What is meant by a plank? Jesus is using an illustration and telling people that if you judge someone else, you better make sure that your life is right first-get all the planks out and THEN you may proceed to CAREFULLY judge

• Why Were Pastors ‘Laying Hands’ on Rick Santorum in TX?

  February 8, 2012 at 10:17pm

  This is normal at most bible believing Churches. The people at my Church do this a lot.

  This is silly………..

• Cain Accuser May Come Forward to Tell Her Side of the Story

  November 2, 2011 at 1:38pm

  Has this forum been taken over by leftist/progressives and Ron Paul supporters?

  Come on, stop posting articles from Mother Jones!!!!

• Elizabeth Warren On Class Warfare: ‘There Is Nobody in This Country Who Got Rich On His Own’

  September 29, 2011 at 11:58am

  ‎“The best lies are always at least partially true” – anonymous

• Hell-Questioning Pastor Resigns From Michigan Megachurch

  September 23, 2011 at 10:01am

  In reply to NO-GODS-NO-MASTERS.

  he gospel is about an individual saying yes to Jesus’ offer to follow him and receive salvation, it is about the forgiveness of sin. It has nothing to do with social justice as it is promoted or practiced. Most use the word in connecting it to their platform to further their agenda. They don’t believe the gospel is focused on the message Jesus gave to forgive sin. Like the cults, they assign a different meaning to the words, and they add to it; works”…. “As Paul Proctor writes that “The social gospel and its increasingly popular “social justice” campaign is not an acceptable substitute for preaching repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Its promoters all too often set aside the vertical, spiritual and eternal issues of sin, rebellion, obedience, holiness and reverence toward God in order to redirect the focus toward more horizontal, physical and temporal values. In the end, the flesh is, for a time, fed and comforted, but the souls of sinners are left abandoned to biblical ignorance because disobedient do-gooders have spiritually sidetracked the Church and its mission”.

• Hell-Questioning Pastor Resigns From Michigan Megachurch

  September 23, 2011 at 9:57am

  In reply to NO-GODS-NO-MASTERS.

  The context of Isaiah 45:7 is God rewarding Israel for obedience and punishing Israel for disobedience. God pours out salvation and blessings on those whom He favors. God brings judgment on those who continue to rebel against Him. “Woe to him who quarrels with his Master” (Isaiah 45:9). That is the person to whom God brings “evil” and “disaster.” So, rather than saying that God created “moral evil,” Isaiah 45:7 is presenting a common theme of Scripture – that God brings disaster on those who continue in hard-hearted rebellion against Him.

• Christian Author & Ben and Jerry’s Founder Team Up Against…Military Spending?

  September 12, 2011 at 11:07am

  Shane Claiborne is a Socialist……

  “redistribution of wealth that would remedy the evils of modern capitalism.” -Shane Claiborne

  The gospel is about an individual saying yes to Jesus’ offer to follow him and receive salvation, it is about the forgiveness of sin. It has nothing to do with social justice as it is promoted or practiced. Most use the word in connecting it to their platform to further their agenda. They don’t believe the gospel is focused on the message Jesus gave to forgive sin. Like the cults, they assign a different meaning to the words, and they add to it; works”…. “As Paul Proctor writes that “The social gospel and its increasingly popular “social justice” campaign is not an acceptable substitute for preaching repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Its promoters all too often set aside the vertical, spiritual and eternal issues of sin, rebellion, obedience, holiness and reverence toward God in order to redirect the focus toward more horizontal, physical and temporal values. In the end, the flesh is, for a time, fed and comforted, but the souls of sinners are left abandoned to biblical ignorance because disobedient do-gooders have spiritually sidetracked the Church and its mission”.