Straight talk from Bible is required
I read with dismay the comments (News Letter, January 24 and 27) of the Presbyterian Moderator the Rev Dr Ivan Patterson and ex-Moderator the Rev Dr Stafford Carson about the issues of homosexuality and Sunday sport.
Once again, they have failed to stand up for Biblical standards and instead have opted for compromise and political correctness.
Why can they not speak out clearly and quote from the Bible on the ‘abomination’ that is homosexuality (Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1:2 -32) and the fact that Sunday sport breaks the fourth commandment (Isaiah 58:13)?
As representatives of the church, their authority should come from the Word of God and not be based on man’s thoughts and opinions.
David Wilson,
Omagh
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ardens
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 07:01 AMI have missed these articles but there is an interesting article on Dr Carson's blog: http:www.staffordcarson.com201201homosexuality-reparative-therapy-and-the-gospel#more-2672
amadeus
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 12:30 AMFrom a Christian perspective I would like to pose a question to any Christians reading this. I am told that the food and ceremonial aspects of the Law of Moses have passed away but that the moral aspects of the Law remain binding today. So I would like to know, are any or all of these 4 specific aspects of the Law of Moses still applicable today? 1. a man has the right to marry a prisoner of war, if she takes his fancy, and after the man has slept with her, if he doesn't like her he can send her away (Deuteronomy 21 10-14.) 2. if a man rapes a virgin (who is not engaged to another man) he must pay her father 50 shekels of silver, he must marry her and must not divorce her ever.(Deuteronomy 22 v 28-29) 3.if a man marries a girl and then suspects she was not a virgin he can demand her parents provide proof of her virginity publically. If they can the man is fined 100 shekels of silver. If they can't the girl must be stoned to death at her father's front door. ( Deuteronomy 22 v 13-21) 4"Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living in your country and they will become your property. You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life" (.Leviticus 25 v 44-46 ). thank you.
rthomas
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 11:03 PMNo wonder the Presbyterian, Church of Ireland and Methodist denominations are in decline, their leaders are all a bunch of weak kneed wafflers who cant answer a straight yea or nay to whether God's commandments should be kept or not!
colmorrison
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:58 PMOne of the many problems with the 'Word of God' is it requires a human mouth to speak it. And to operate said mouth, a brain is required. The rest, I'm afraid, is inevitable. It's nice to see the churches coming to grips with the 20th century as the rest of us forge on with the 21st.
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