ShoeDiva said:LisaC said:Hey! This is a gay Christian thread - NOT the white girl bad day thread!!!! :tapfoot2
Who says we are white? :tapfoot2
Honkey, please!
ShoeDiva said:LisaC said:Hey! This is a gay Christian thread - NOT the white girl bad day thread!!!! :tapfoot2
Who says we are white? :tapfoot2
ShoeDiva said:LisaC said:Hey! This is a gay Christian thread - NOT the white girl bad day thread!!!! :tapfoot2
Who says we are white? :tapfoot2
It's all the sunscreen she wears. ;DLisaC said:ShoeDiva said:LisaC said:Hey! This is a gay Christian thread - NOT the white girl bad day thread!!!! :tapfoot2
Who says we are white? :tapfoot2
While I might be colorblind, your whiteness is very apparent...
LisaC said:ShoeDiva said:LisaC said:Hey! This is a gay Christian thread - NOT the white girl bad day thread!!!! :tapfoot2
Who says we are white? :tapfoot2
While I might be colorblind, your whiteness is very apparent...
Madea said:Excuse me! I'm Vanilla.
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Mk. 4.24
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Waski_the_Squirrel said:I'm not capable of judging what is in someone's heart, and I don't have any special insight into who is going to Heaven and who is not. I trust God to do that. I don't like hearing Christians claim to speak for God: "You're not going to Heaven because..." or "You can't be a Christian because..."
I really don't understand the fixation that some Christians have on homosexuality. Speaking purely from the perspective of numbers, I would say divorce is a much larger issue and is also condemned in the Bible. There just aren't that many homosexuals. Of course, now that divorce is so common, many people accept it despite what is written in the Bible. There isn't much condemnation of out-of-wedlock sex either. I find it particularly repellant when Christians go beyond condemnation of sin to acts of hate and revenge. This actually turns people away from Christ.
This is not to imply that we should accept homosexuality. But, we should be aware that none of us are sinless and perfect and to condemn one sin while wallowing in another is the meaning behind the verse in the Gospel of Matthew. We're all sinners, and many of us justify our sins, we're just blind to it.
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Mk. 4.24
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
So in short, I don't approve of homosexuality, but I also have no problem with the concept of a gay Christian.
Guard Dad said:I wonder what Jesus thinks about hyphenated Christians?
Waski_the_Squirrel said:I really don't understand the fixation that some Christians have on homosexuality. Speaking purely from the perspective of numbers, I would say divorce is a much larger issue and is also condemned in the Bible. There just aren't that many homosexuals. Of course, now that divorce is so common, many people accept it despite what is written in the Bible. There isn't much condemnation of out-of-wedlock sex either.
Guard Dad said:Guard Dad said:I wonder what Jesus thinks about hyphenated Christians?
This was a serious question.
What does Jesus think about Christians who add a qualifier to their claim of faith?
Shouldn't we just be Christians...not this kind of Christian or that kind of Christian?
Waski_the_Squirrel said:I'm not capable of judging what is in someone's heart, and I don't have any special insight into who is going to Heaven and who is not. I trust God to do that. I don't like hearing Christians claim to speak for God: "You're not going to Heaven because..." or "You can't be a Christian because..."
I really don't understand the fixation that some Christians have on homosexuality. Speaking purely from the perspective of numbers, I would say divorce is a much larger issue and is also condemned in the Bible. There just aren't that many homosexuals. Of course, now that divorce is so common, many people accept it despite what is written in the Bible. There isn't much condemnation of out-of-wedlock sex either. I find it particularly repellant when Christians go beyond condemnation of sin to acts of hate and revenge. This actually turns people away from Christ.
This is not to imply that we should accept homosexuality. But, we should be aware that none of us are sinless and perfect and to condemn one sin while wallowing in another is the meaning behind the verse in the Gospel of Matthew. We're all sinners, and many of us justify our sins, we're just blind to it.
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Mk. 4.24
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
So in short, I don't approve of homosexuality, but I also have no problem with the concept of a gay Christian.
Grey Colson said:Waski_the_Squirrel said:I'm not capable of judging what is in someone's heart, and I don't have any special insight into who is going to Heaven and who is not. I trust God to do that. I don't like hearing Christians claim to speak for God: "You're not going to Heaven because..." or "You can't be a Christian because..."
I really don't understand the fixation that some Christians have on homosexuality. Speaking purely from the perspective of numbers, I would say divorce is a much larger issue and is also condemned in the Bible. There just aren't that many homosexuals. Of course, now that divorce is so common, many people accept it despite what is written in the Bible. There isn't much condemnation of out-of-wedlock sex either. I find it particularly repellant when Christians go beyond condemnation of sin to acts of hate and revenge. This actually turns people away from Christ.
This is not to imply that we should accept homosexuality. But, we should be aware that none of us are sinless and perfect and to condemn one sin while wallowing in another is the meaning behind the verse in the Gospel of Matthew. We're all sinners, and many of us justify our sins, we're just blind to it.
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Mk. 4.24
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
So in short, I don't approve of homosexuality, but I also have no problem with the concept of a gay Christian.
I'm very much in agreement with you, Bro. However there is one thing that I would like to point out that shouldn't be overlooked. The discussions here are typically not generated by the "You can't go to heaven if you do so-n-so" crowd.
LisaC said:Grey Colson said:Waski_the_Squirrel said:I'm not capable of judging what is in someone's heart, and I don't have any special insight into who is going to Heaven and who is not. I trust God to do that. I don't like hearing Christians claim to speak for God: "You're not going to Heaven because..." or "You can't be a Christian because..."
I really don't understand the fixation that some Christians have on homosexuality. Speaking purely from the perspective of numbers, I would say divorce is a much larger issue and is also condemned in the Bible. There just aren't that many homosexuals. Of course, now that divorce is so common, many people accept it despite what is written in the Bible. There isn't much condemnation of out-of-wedlock sex either. I find it particularly repellant when Christians go beyond condemnation of sin to acts of hate and revenge. This actually turns people away from Christ.
This is not to imply that we should accept homosexuality. But, we should be aware that none of us are sinless and perfect and to condemn one sin while wallowing in another is the meaning behind the verse in the Gospel of Matthew. We're all sinners, and many of us justify our sins, we're just blind to it.
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Mk. 4.24
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
So in short, I don't approve of homosexuality, but I also have no problem with the concept of a gay Christian.
I'm very much in agreement with you, Bro. However there is one thing that I would like to point out that shouldn't be overlooked. The discussions here are typically not generated by the "You can't go to heaven if you do so-n-so" crowd.
You are right. I start these conversations and I do it so some folks here will stop condemning everyone else and actually think about what Jesus has told us what the greatest commandment is: to love one another.
Grey Colson said:LisaC said:Grey Colson said:Waski_the_Squirrel said:I'm not capable of judging what is in someone's heart, and I don't have any special insight into who is going to Heaven and who is not. I trust God to do that. I don't like hearing Christians claim to speak for God: "You're not going to Heaven because..." or "You can't be a Christian because..."
I really don't understand the fixation that some Christians have on homosexuality. Speaking purely from the perspective of numbers, I would say divorce is a much larger issue and is also condemned in the Bible. There just aren't that many homosexuals. Of course, now that divorce is so common, many people accept it despite what is written in the Bible. There isn't much condemnation of out-of-wedlock sex either. I find it particularly repellant when Christians go beyond condemnation of sin to acts of hate and revenge. This actually turns people away from Christ.
This is not to imply that we should accept homosexuality. But, we should be aware that none of us are sinless and perfect and to condemn one sin while wallowing in another is the meaning behind the verse in the Gospel of Matthew. We're all sinners, and many of us justify our sins, we're just blind to it.
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Mk. 4.24
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
So in short, I don't approve of homosexuality, but I also have no problem with the concept of a gay Christian.
I'm very much in agreement with you, Bro. However there is one thing that I would like to point out that shouldn't be overlooked. The discussions here are typically not generated by the "You can't go to heaven if you do so-n-so" crowd.
You are right. I start these conversations and I do it so some folks here will stop condemning everyone else and actually think about what Jesus has told us what the greatest commandment is: to love one another.
I don't see that going on. I obviously missed the "Let's condemn the gays today" threads.
You missed them because they aren't there.Grey Colson said:LisaC said:Grey Colson said:Waski_the_Squirrel said:I'm not capable of judging what is in someone's heart, and I don't have any special insight into who is going to Heaven and who is not. I trust God to do that. I don't like hearing Christians claim to speak for God: "You're not going to Heaven because..." or "You can't be a Christian because..."
I really don't understand the fixation that some Christians have on homosexuality. Speaking purely from the perspective of numbers, I would say divorce is a much larger issue and is also condemned in the Bible. There just aren't that many homosexuals. Of course, now that divorce is so common, many people accept it despite what is written in the Bible. There isn't much condemnation of out-of-wedlock sex either. I find it particularly repellant when Christians go beyond condemnation of sin to acts of hate and revenge. This actually turns people away from Christ.
This is not to imply that we should accept homosexuality. But, we should be aware that none of us are sinless and perfect and to condemn one sin while wallowing in another is the meaning behind the verse in the Gospel of Matthew. We're all sinners, and many of us justify our sins, we're just blind to it.
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Mk. 4.24
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
So in short, I don't approve of homosexuality, but I also have no problem with the concept of a gay Christian.
I'm very much in agreement with you, Bro. However there is one thing that I would like to point out that shouldn't be overlooked. The discussions here are typically not generated by the "You can't go to heaven if you do so-n-so" crowd.
You are right. I start these conversations and I do it so some folks here will stop condemning everyone else and actually think about what Jesus has told us what the greatest commandment is: to love one another.
I don't see that going on. I obviously missed the "Let's condemn the gays today" threads.
Sadie612 said:at least I know my dessert I made would go over really well at one of their church functions
Why are you being to hateful today?LisaC said:Sadie612 said:at least I know my dessert I made would go over really well at one of their church functions
Yep, we have lots of sinners in our church - some of them are even divorced and need a good chocolate covered banana. Heck, there are a few folks here that could use one right about now...