tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post4903795771139209782..comments2024-03-27T08:46:54.369-04:00Comments on BabyBlueOnline: The Pilling Report is out - what will the CoE Bishops do?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-4936998542981740362013-12-10T08:10:51.240-05:002013-12-10T08:10:51.240-05:00Archbishop Wabukala has responded. I would also li...Archbishop Wabukala has responded. I would also like to see him talk about torture in GAFCON member states.<br />http://livingtext.blogspot.com/2013/12/new-torture-in-rwanda-where-is-gafcon.htmljmwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06600452580513720840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-18965643401963701992013-12-04T09:25:13.059-05:002013-12-04T09:25:13.059-05:00Those who demand same-sex marriages in order to ha...Those who demand same-sex marriages in order to have sex sanctioned by the church have arrogated to themselves the right to change God's word in Scripture--for sex.<br />Jesus is unambiguous: if you want to follow him, then pick up your cross and follow him. This does not mean sexual license but, for many, sexual abstinence. Which is a small price to pay for becoming a disciple of our Lord.<br />But you are saying, "No, we want our sex and we want it sanctified too." To put it as nicely a I can: if your body means more to you than your spirit, you are far indeed from being a Christian.<br />Every true Christian willl have to make horrendously difficult sacrificecs at times in striving to become a disciple of Jesus. If flesh and the world mean more to you than the spirit, then you have forsaken Jesus and embraced the devil and his works.<br />Sex is part of the institution of marriage, not something apart from it. It is to make the bearing of a child possible as well as to keep a couple physically close. It is not the end, or goal, of a relationship, only a means to the end of procreation. <br />Marriage and raising children are meant to go together; and during the parenting years even sex is changed: for in selflessly giving to one's children day after day, one learns more deeply and truly that self-sacrifice--not sexual satisfaction--is the golden key to mental and emotional and spiritual health.The Kingdom of God is not filled with hedonists but with those who view God's word as more true and real than their "sexual feelings"; who can honor God above self; who can, that is, carry his or her cross--with a smile, and a helping hand to others.<br />That's the Christian life. If you don't like that, fine, but leave God's wise words intact so others may seek their Lord,and seeking find Him, and worship Him aright.len sivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-36188321862472462262013-12-04T04:43:24.024-05:002013-12-04T04:43:24.024-05:00And "pastoral response" means blessing s...<i>And "pastoral response" means blessing same sex marriages. That is the pastoral response. That is what the Episcopal Church is doing right now</i><br /><br />Not everywhere in TEC, yet. But soon and very soon, God bless!<br /><br />It being "the Christmas Season" (yes, I know, it's barely Advent), I recently saw my favorite seasonal special: the one w/ the eponymous character who, at the start, has a heart "3 sizes too small". You, who would deny same-sex couples <i>marriage</i>, and the Church's blessing thereof: <b>Q.E.D.</b><br /><br />"Pray for the bishops of the Church of England."<br /><br />I shall, and for someone who needs them (like the Grinch found Christmas to mean) "just a bit more".JCFnoreply@blogger.com