tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post7618989459546138876..comments2024-03-12T08:04:47.314-07:00Comments on Naming His Grace: An overture & same gender marriageViola Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-85555506526414078632011-11-05T14:04:48.124-07:002011-11-05T14:04:48.124-07:00Sorry, I forgot:
Mac McCarty
Downingtown, PASorry, I forgot:<br /><br />Mac McCarty<br />Downingtown, PAMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067844122370343813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-89210228502154615252011-11-05T14:01:58.700-07:002011-11-05T14:01:58.700-07:00Well said, my friend. GBUWell said, my friend. GBUMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067844122370343813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-14031389351111269042011-11-05T12:07:50.718-07:002011-11-05T12:07:50.718-07:00Mac I am sure it is phase two, but through several...Mac I am sure it is phase two, but through several very faithful people God turned the last attempt on marriage away. I am sure it was for a purpose. All we can do is be faithful until God says it is enough.Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-73280351847317912152011-11-05T08:23:24.382-07:002011-11-05T08:23:24.382-07:00Welcome to Phase II of the attack on the authority...Welcome to Phase II of the attack on the authority of Scripture. 10A was not the beginning of the end but only the end of the beginning for proponents of homosexual conduct as a norm of the Church. The same folks who fought the 30 plus year war against Scriptural sexual norms, culminating in their "victory" last year, now begin Phase II. If it is Scripturally correct to ordain unrepentant practicing homosexuals, as they have argued, then this not only logical but correct. (Of course it is not correct, but who in the PCUSA really cares any more?) For those who thought giving away purity by the adoption 10A would guarantee unity and peace, welcome to your next 30 years--or less. How glad I am that God led us to a new pasture, where His word is law and His work can move forward, free from the heresy that has become the institutional norm in a once great body. For thoe who remain to fight the good fight, you are in my prayers.<br /><br />Mac McCarty<br />Downingtown, PAMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067844122370343813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-90685387207235646372011-11-05T08:12:54.714-07:002011-11-05T08:12:54.714-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067844122370343813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-78649315727334559372011-11-04T17:46:19.543-07:002011-11-04T17:46:19.543-07:00It is important for all to leave their name, city ...It is important for all to leave their name, city and state if possible. At least name.Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-56677848000333559212011-11-04T13:08:27.341-07:002011-11-04T13:08:27.341-07:00Jim, I agree with all you have said. I appeared as...Jim, I agree with all you have said. I appeared as Committee of Counsel on another matter at the GAPJC meeting that "came up with" this "union blessing" thing. I still wonder if there weren't a few winks passed around before and after the decision...and not by the GAPJC. Who is going to "police" what is said at a "blessing" ceremony?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-8365290078778709082011-11-04T11:57:15.142-07:002011-11-04T11:57:15.142-07:00Make that "a weak, vague, and poorly thought ...Make that "a weak, vague, and poorly thought out 'blessing'...."<br /><br />Jim Berkley<br />Roslyn, WAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-46581790556203611872011-11-04T11:55:13.281-07:002011-11-04T11:55:13.281-07:00The now-permitted "same-sex unions" are ...The now-permitted "same-sex unions" are troublesome to all sides. Those who want recognition of a "marriage," rankle at the lack of marriage wording and meaning. Those, like me, who believe what the Bible says about both marriage and the sinfulness of homosexual relations, don't think that something sinful ought to be blessed. So no one likes what is now permitted.<br /><br />The now-permitted ceremony cannot incorporate any marriage-like wording, it cannot be called a marriage, and it needs to say that it does not in any way sanction sexual relations. It is merely the blessing of a relationship, and a week, vague, and poorly thought out "blessing" at that. LGBT people don't want it. Evangelicals don't want it. It's a sham, produced by a General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission unable to let their yes be yes and their no be no.<br /><br />Jim Berkley<br />Roslyn, WAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-3796143352147905842011-11-04T11:42:32.719-07:002011-11-04T11:42:32.719-07:00PCUSA ministers are now allowed to perform same-se...PCUSA ministers are now allowed to perform same-sex unions, but the wording of a "marriage" cannot be used.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-17911821828160884732011-11-04T09:46:31.938-07:002011-11-04T09:46:31.938-07:00Perhaps we need to write an overture defining &quo...Perhaps we need to write an overture defining "christian" marriage.Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-14664778027932825002011-11-04T09:45:37.574-07:002011-11-04T09:45:37.574-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-28090378819691797632011-11-04T07:42:41.756-07:002011-11-04T07:42:41.756-07:00It has been said by many Teaching Elders that such...It has been said by many Teaching Elders that such a push will lead them to stop doing marriages, and will probably cause many other churches to get off the fence and push to leave.Reformed Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15582319442292078422noreply@blogger.com