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1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
HOMOSEXUALS.(SODOMITE RAINBOW GROUPERS)(TRANGENDERS ETC)(THAT CROWD)
LEVITICUS 20:13
13 If a man also lie with mankind,(ANOTHER MAN) as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
LEVITICUS 18:22
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind,(ANOTHER MAN) as with womankind: it is abomination.
2 TIMOTHY 3:3
3 Without natural affection,(HOMOSEXUALS) trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9,
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,(HARDENED SODOMITE RAINBOW GROUPERRS) nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
PSALMS 14:1
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
ROMANS 1:18-32
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:(HOMOSEXUALITY,AND ALL SEX SINS)
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:(LESBIENS)
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly,(SODOMITES) and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.(AIDS ETC)
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
GOD CREATED THEM MALE AND FEMALE IN MARRIAGE
GENESIS 1:27-28
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,(HAVE LOTS OF CHILDREN) and replenish the earth,(HOMOSEXUALS CAN NOT REPLENISH THE EARTH WITH CHILDREN)(BY HAVING SEX WITH EACH OTHER) and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
GENESIS 2:21-24
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
MATTHEW 19:4-6
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
UPDATE-MAY 28,2016-09:00AM
Simple Definition of infiltrate
: to secretly enter or join (something, such as a group or an organization) in order to get information or do harm
: to cause (someone) to secretly enter or join a group, organization, etc.
: to pass into or through (something)
HOMOSEXUALS.(SODOMITE RAINBOW GROUPERS)(TRANGENDERS ETC)(THAT CROWD)
LEVITICUS 20:13
13 If a man also lie with mankind,(ANOTHER MAN) as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
LEVITICUS 18:22
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind,(ANOTHER MAN) as with womankind: it is abomination.
2 TIMOTHY 3:3
3 Without natural affection,(HOMOSEXUALS) trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9,
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,(HARDENED SODOMITE RAINBOW GROUPERRS) nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
PSALMS 14:1
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
ROMANS 1:18-32
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:(HOMOSEXUALITY,AND ALL SEX SINS)
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:(LESBIENS)
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly,(SODOMITES) and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.(AIDS ETC)
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
GOD CREATED THEM MALE AND FEMALE IN MARRIAGE
GENESIS 1:27-28
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,(HAVE LOTS OF CHILDREN) and replenish the earth,(HOMOSEXUALS CAN NOT REPLENISH THE EARTH WITH CHILDREN)(BY HAVING SEX WITH EACH OTHER) and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
GENESIS 2:21-24
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
MATTHEW 19:4-6
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
UPDATE-MAY 28,2016-09:00AM
IF THE TRANSGENDER NUTJOB FAMILY DESTROYERS. WANT THEIR OWN WASHROOMS. GIVE THEM THEIR OWN. BUT STAY OUT OF OUR LIVES.AND KEEP A MENS WASHROOM- A MANS.AND A WOMANS WASHROOM-A WOMANS. ALL THIS IS BY THE GODLESS HATERS-IS A WAY TO DESTROY THE NORMAL MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIP. SO ANYBODY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. AND GODS LAWS WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF THE SITUATION. AND THE GODLESS LEFTWING-LIBERAL-DEMOCRATS. WILL ALLOW ANY SIN TO BE DONE LEGALLY. THIS IS NOTHING MORE THEN HATE PROPAGANDA DESTROYING AND BLURRING THE LINES OF TRUTH. BY THE LEFTWING-LIBERAL-DEMOCRATS.
Simple Definition of infiltrate
: to secretly enter or join (something, such as a group or an organization) in order to get information or do harm
: to cause (someone) to secretly enter or join a group, organization, etc.
: to pass into or through (something)
THE CHRISTIANS BETTER STAND UP AGAINST THIS TRANSGENDER WASHROOM ISSUE. OR ANY THING WILL GO. IF THIS GODLESS CROWD IS ALLOWED TO INFILTRATE CHRISTIAN MORALS-AND DESTROY THE FAMILY-MALE-FEMALE SEPARATIONS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
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A Response to Christianity Today's Mark Galli-By: Ed Vitagliano-Posted: Friday, May 27, 2016 2:20 PM
Ed Vitagliano AFA Executive Vice-President-Baking cakes for gay weddings isn’t serving the rebels, it’s siding with them.- AFA Ex. VP Ed Vitagliano-This is getting downright discouraging. As our culture continues to rush headlong in its embrace of sexual anarchy, the very voices in the Christian community we look to in order to encourage a stand for righteousness seem to be capitulating. Mark Galli, the editor of the influential evangelical voice, Christianity Today, wrote a strange editorial on May 20 that addressed the homosexual juggernaut that is virtually everywhere triumphant in the U.S. Galli correctly surmised that we are living in a culture that will, probably fairly soon, elevate homosexual and transgender rights and, simultaneously, completely abandon Christian ethics as a foundation for U.S. law. Then he made two fairly baffling recommendations: (1) Christians should forego attempts to preserve religious liberty in the face of that ascendancy and (2) they should even be willing to bake cakes for same sex weddings. As to the first suggestion, Galli says in his editorial: “Yet we also believe that the Lord calls us to look out for the interests of our political opponents. So, we must not seek legislation that protects our freedom if that same legislation denies the rights of people with whom we disagree. If it really comes down to a choice of protecting our liberty or the civil rights of others, a long stream of Christian ethics beginning with Jesus (e.g., Mark 8:34–35) argues we should deny ourselves.” In one single paragraph, Galli reduces the prophetic mission of the church to a simple case of “legislation that protects our freedom” versus legislation that “denies the rights” of homosexuals.This is an appalling misunderstanding of the current conflict over human sexuality, as if Christians were in favor of granting rights to those who prefer Chevy and denying rights to those who like Ford. Does he see nothing larger at stake than that? Even worse is the fact that Galli not only anchors his strange ethical construct in the words of Jesus, but he does so in a manner that twists the Lord’s words into something virtually unrecognizable. These are the words of Jesus that Galli quotes: “And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, ‘If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it’” (Mark 8:34-35). So Christ’s command that we deny ourselves is the justification for allowing homosexual activists to pass laws that not only restrict religious liberty but doom generations of children to instruction in sodomy? What “long stream of Christian ethics” suggests that Christians should “deny themselves” so wicked ideas can run riot, poisoning individual lives and corrupting an entire civilization? I’m glad William Wilberforce and Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t drink from such a stream in their battles against slavery and Jim Crow. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not saying that homosexuals are any more wicked than the rest of us. However, I am saying that the acceptance by our culture of the sexual revolution and its views of human sexuality would be a full-on catastrophe for generations to come. This is about more than simply who has their rights enshrined in law. A great darkness is filling our land and we can thank the slim 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court for the favor. This is due to a series of high court rulings – the latest of which was last summer’s Obergefell decision legalizing same sex marriage – that have fallen like hammer blows on our Republic’s moral foundations. No worries, advises Galli. In fact, some Christians might “feel called to obey the ruling – and take it one step further. Let us recall the great injustice of Jesus’ day: the oppression of Roman occupation, and the common demand by occupation forces for help with carrying their loads. Jesus suggested we should look beyond the symbolic condoning of injustice (helping a soldier) to a deeper ethic. Jesus told his disciples – to put it into today’s terms – that when asked to bake a cake for a gay wedding, we might offer to bake two (Matt. 5:41).” Of course, for the Christian who is wrestling with an ethical dilemma, nothing is more potent than invoking the words of Jesus Himself. Galli does this by turning to the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus discusses the Christian’s response to the evils committed by one’s enemies. In particular, Galli mentions the oppression of the Jew under the heel of Roman subjugation. As required under imperial law, when a Roman soldier wanted help, he could demand that a Jew carry the soldier’s burden for one mile. Should that happen, Jesus said the Christian should respond this way: “Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two” (Matthew 5:41). Galli turns the words of Jesus into this paraphrase: “[W]hen asked to bake a cake for a gay wedding, we might offer to bake two.”What are we to make of such poor exegesis coming from the editor of Christianity Today? When a Roman soldier ordered a Christian to carry the soldier’s load, it was no doubt humiliating, frustrating, and probably even infuriating. But it wasn’t a demand to sin against God.That’s where Galli’s parallel breaks down. For most Bible believing Christians, attending – or in any way participating in – a same sex wedding is more than just a humiliation or inconvenience. It’s a sin. Such participation condones the wedding and celebrates it. A more accurate parallel in the first century would be the Christian joining the Roman soldier in burning incense to Jupiter. In that case, Galli’s perspective doesn’t quite seem like “a deeper ethic,” does it? If my best friend has an affair with his secretary, divorces his wife, and announces that he plans to marry the secretary, he’d better not ask me to attend the wedding. If I’m a baker, he’d also better not ask me to bake the cake. What would I tell him? “Brother, what you’ve been doing with this young lady is adultery. What you’ve done to your wife in divorcing her is a travesty. What you’re about to do is also a sin – and I cannot pretend to celebrate it with you when, instead, I can only mourn.” What would Mark Galli say to his best friend? If he stays consistent to his editorial, he must advocate celebration with him. Does it change anything in my hypothetical scenario if my best friend isn’t a Christian? Of course not. The friend might not understand why his behavior offends a holy God, but it is a sin nonetheless. In fact, one could argue that to attend the wedding – or bake a cake for it – only serves to harden my friend’s heart against God even further.Unless Galli is naïve, he must understand that this culture war battleground isn’t ultimately about baking a cake any more than the protest of Rosa Parks was just about a bus ride. In fact, to reduce this cultural conflict to whether or not a Christian bakes a cake is to mock the commandments of God. No, this is about a culture in rebellion against God and whether or not Christians will join it. Increasingly, Christians like Mark Galli are capitulating to the spirit of the age or, at best, giving evidence that they live in a fog of theological confusion.Moreover, these Christians are not helping homosexuals find Christ – if that’s what they are hoping to do – but are inoculating gays and lesbians against the warnings of heaven. The church is called not only to a pastoral role of caring for our neighbors but also to a prophetic role of preaching repentance for forgiveness of sins to all peoples (Luke 24: 47). That’s also part of the Great Commission.Baking a cake for a same sex wedding – or baking two – doesn’t sound like much of a call to repentance.The homosexual movement is rooted in the sexual revolution, which, in turn, is rooted in Darwinian atheism. We are all just animals, so why does it matter with whom we copulate, as long as both parties (three? four?) consent? For those Christians who think Jesus is all about condemnation-free love and acceptance, maybe they should chew on these words, spoken approvingly by the Lord to the church of Ephesus: “Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate” (Revelation 2:6).These are just as much the words of our Savior as those in the Sermon on the Mount. Whatever it was the Nicolaitans were doing (and no one really knows the historical context), Jesus didn’t like it. He hated it – and so did the Christians at Ephesus. I doubt they were walking the extra mile with the Nicolaitans.No, same sex marriage is akin to the rebellion of Psalm 2 against the Almighty and His Anointed. It is part of the spiritual war against the Lamb in Revelation. Baking cakes for gay weddings isn’t serving the rebels, it’s siding with them.Mark Galli appears to have forgotten that. Shame on him. Shame on Christianity Today.
Target Accommodates Muslims, but Not Christians-By: Dr. David Smith-Posted: Friday, May 27, 2016 7:26 AM
Target wants to put forth that they want everyone to feel welcome, yet are actively are working toward tearing down conservative, Christian values.- Dr. David Smith-With all the recent publicity surrounding Target and its controversial restroom/fitting room policy, it would be interesting to delve into what drives a company that is obviously willing to lose millions, if not billions, of dollars of revenue rather than rescind their outlandish declaration that men who self-identify as women are welcome to use facilities with with girls and women. With a boycott that has garnered over one and a quarter million signees now, Target is not going to benefit from their new policy. Certainly if there is that level of commitment to a cause, one would expect some consistency in their policies. Even if one disagrees with a position taken by another, if there is sincerity present, there is still some degree of admiration for being committed to something, although it is certainly possible to be sincerely wrong.Target recently issued an April 19, 2016, statement to reaffirm its policies: "we welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity." According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Molly Snyder, a Target spokeswoman, said it is not a new policy, but the retailer wanted to clarify its position given questions it has received from both customers and employees amid the national debate. Executives sent an e-mail to store leaders earlier this week to convey the message. 'It’s a restatement of a policy,' she said. 'It’s just us being very overt in stating it.'" They are very committed to what they consider "equality" and "inclusivity": "Inclusivity is a core belief at Target. It’s something we celebrate. We stand for equality and equity, and strive to make our guests and team members feel accepted, respected and welcomed in our stores and workplaces every day."Target wants to insure that no employee or customer feels offended or out of place in their stores. At least that is how they are trying to justify their position. Really? Back in 2007, Target took a position of accommodation when it came to Muslims who work in their stores and did not want to handle pork. According to the NBC News article, "The Star Tribune reported this past week that some Muslim cashiers at local Targets had declined to scan pork products such as bacon because doing so would conflict with their religious beliefs. They would ask other cashiers to ring up such purchases, or sometimes customers would scan those items themselves, the newspaper reported. Minneapolis-based Target Corp. has now offered its local Muslim cashiers who object to handling pork the option of wearing gloves while cashiering, shifting to other positions or transferring to other nearby stores. 'We are confident that this is a reasonable solution for our guests and team members,' Target spokeswoman Paula Thornton-Greear said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press on Saturday.”However, that same equality and inclusivity does not seem to apply to Christians whose religion teaches that God created only two genders (male and female) and who do not wish to be seen in various states of undress by members of the opposite gender. Apparently, the retail giant will bend over backwards to accommodate Muslims but could care less about the feelings or religious sensibilities of its Christian employees and customers. According to an August 2014 article from One News Now, "Target is filing legal briefs in court cases intended to win marriage rights for homosexuals and lesbians." Target wants to put forth that they want everyone to feel welcome, yet are actively working toward tearing down conservative, Christian values. If Target cares so much, then why not just have a third bathroom for those who want to claim a different gender? Does Target only care about objections raised by those of faiths other than Christianity?
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A Response to Christianity Today's Mark Galli-By: Ed Vitagliano-Posted: Friday, May 27, 2016 2:20 PM
Ed Vitagliano AFA Executive Vice-President-Baking cakes for gay weddings isn’t serving the rebels, it’s siding with them.- AFA Ex. VP Ed Vitagliano-This is getting downright discouraging. As our culture continues to rush headlong in its embrace of sexual anarchy, the very voices in the Christian community we look to in order to encourage a stand for righteousness seem to be capitulating. Mark Galli, the editor of the influential evangelical voice, Christianity Today, wrote a strange editorial on May 20 that addressed the homosexual juggernaut that is virtually everywhere triumphant in the U.S. Galli correctly surmised that we are living in a culture that will, probably fairly soon, elevate homosexual and transgender rights and, simultaneously, completely abandon Christian ethics as a foundation for U.S. law. Then he made two fairly baffling recommendations: (1) Christians should forego attempts to preserve religious liberty in the face of that ascendancy and (2) they should even be willing to bake cakes for same sex weddings. As to the first suggestion, Galli says in his editorial: “Yet we also believe that the Lord calls us to look out for the interests of our political opponents. So, we must not seek legislation that protects our freedom if that same legislation denies the rights of people with whom we disagree. If it really comes down to a choice of protecting our liberty or the civil rights of others, a long stream of Christian ethics beginning with Jesus (e.g., Mark 8:34–35) argues we should deny ourselves.” In one single paragraph, Galli reduces the prophetic mission of the church to a simple case of “legislation that protects our freedom” versus legislation that “denies the rights” of homosexuals.This is an appalling misunderstanding of the current conflict over human sexuality, as if Christians were in favor of granting rights to those who prefer Chevy and denying rights to those who like Ford. Does he see nothing larger at stake than that? Even worse is the fact that Galli not only anchors his strange ethical construct in the words of Jesus, but he does so in a manner that twists the Lord’s words into something virtually unrecognizable. These are the words of Jesus that Galli quotes: “And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, ‘If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it’” (Mark 8:34-35). So Christ’s command that we deny ourselves is the justification for allowing homosexual activists to pass laws that not only restrict religious liberty but doom generations of children to instruction in sodomy? What “long stream of Christian ethics” suggests that Christians should “deny themselves” so wicked ideas can run riot, poisoning individual lives and corrupting an entire civilization? I’m glad William Wilberforce and Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t drink from such a stream in their battles against slavery and Jim Crow. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not saying that homosexuals are any more wicked than the rest of us. However, I am saying that the acceptance by our culture of the sexual revolution and its views of human sexuality would be a full-on catastrophe for generations to come. This is about more than simply who has their rights enshrined in law. A great darkness is filling our land and we can thank the slim 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court for the favor. This is due to a series of high court rulings – the latest of which was last summer’s Obergefell decision legalizing same sex marriage – that have fallen like hammer blows on our Republic’s moral foundations. No worries, advises Galli. In fact, some Christians might “feel called to obey the ruling – and take it one step further. Let us recall the great injustice of Jesus’ day: the oppression of Roman occupation, and the common demand by occupation forces for help with carrying their loads. Jesus suggested we should look beyond the symbolic condoning of injustice (helping a soldier) to a deeper ethic. Jesus told his disciples – to put it into today’s terms – that when asked to bake a cake for a gay wedding, we might offer to bake two (Matt. 5:41).” Of course, for the Christian who is wrestling with an ethical dilemma, nothing is more potent than invoking the words of Jesus Himself. Galli does this by turning to the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus discusses the Christian’s response to the evils committed by one’s enemies. In particular, Galli mentions the oppression of the Jew under the heel of Roman subjugation. As required under imperial law, when a Roman soldier wanted help, he could demand that a Jew carry the soldier’s burden for one mile. Should that happen, Jesus said the Christian should respond this way: “Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two” (Matthew 5:41). Galli turns the words of Jesus into this paraphrase: “[W]hen asked to bake a cake for a gay wedding, we might offer to bake two.”What are we to make of such poor exegesis coming from the editor of Christianity Today? When a Roman soldier ordered a Christian to carry the soldier’s load, it was no doubt humiliating, frustrating, and probably even infuriating. But it wasn’t a demand to sin against God.That’s where Galli’s parallel breaks down. For most Bible believing Christians, attending – or in any way participating in – a same sex wedding is more than just a humiliation or inconvenience. It’s a sin. Such participation condones the wedding and celebrates it. A more accurate parallel in the first century would be the Christian joining the Roman soldier in burning incense to Jupiter. In that case, Galli’s perspective doesn’t quite seem like “a deeper ethic,” does it? If my best friend has an affair with his secretary, divorces his wife, and announces that he plans to marry the secretary, he’d better not ask me to attend the wedding. If I’m a baker, he’d also better not ask me to bake the cake. What would I tell him? “Brother, what you’ve been doing with this young lady is adultery. What you’ve done to your wife in divorcing her is a travesty. What you’re about to do is also a sin – and I cannot pretend to celebrate it with you when, instead, I can only mourn.” What would Mark Galli say to his best friend? If he stays consistent to his editorial, he must advocate celebration with him. Does it change anything in my hypothetical scenario if my best friend isn’t a Christian? Of course not. The friend might not understand why his behavior offends a holy God, but it is a sin nonetheless. In fact, one could argue that to attend the wedding – or bake a cake for it – only serves to harden my friend’s heart against God even further.Unless Galli is naïve, he must understand that this culture war battleground isn’t ultimately about baking a cake any more than the protest of Rosa Parks was just about a bus ride. In fact, to reduce this cultural conflict to whether or not a Christian bakes a cake is to mock the commandments of God. No, this is about a culture in rebellion against God and whether or not Christians will join it. Increasingly, Christians like Mark Galli are capitulating to the spirit of the age or, at best, giving evidence that they live in a fog of theological confusion.Moreover, these Christians are not helping homosexuals find Christ – if that’s what they are hoping to do – but are inoculating gays and lesbians against the warnings of heaven. The church is called not only to a pastoral role of caring for our neighbors but also to a prophetic role of preaching repentance for forgiveness of sins to all peoples (Luke 24: 47). That’s also part of the Great Commission.Baking a cake for a same sex wedding – or baking two – doesn’t sound like much of a call to repentance.The homosexual movement is rooted in the sexual revolution, which, in turn, is rooted in Darwinian atheism. We are all just animals, so why does it matter with whom we copulate, as long as both parties (three? four?) consent? For those Christians who think Jesus is all about condemnation-free love and acceptance, maybe they should chew on these words, spoken approvingly by the Lord to the church of Ephesus: “Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate” (Revelation 2:6).These are just as much the words of our Savior as those in the Sermon on the Mount. Whatever it was the Nicolaitans were doing (and no one really knows the historical context), Jesus didn’t like it. He hated it – and so did the Christians at Ephesus. I doubt they were walking the extra mile with the Nicolaitans.No, same sex marriage is akin to the rebellion of Psalm 2 against the Almighty and His Anointed. It is part of the spiritual war against the Lamb in Revelation. Baking cakes for gay weddings isn’t serving the rebels, it’s siding with them.Mark Galli appears to have forgotten that. Shame on him. Shame on Christianity Today.
Target Accommodates Muslims, but Not Christians-By: Dr. David Smith-Posted: Friday, May 27, 2016 7:26 AM
Target wants to put forth that they want everyone to feel welcome, yet are actively are working toward tearing down conservative, Christian values.- Dr. David Smith-With all the recent publicity surrounding Target and its controversial restroom/fitting room policy, it would be interesting to delve into what drives a company that is obviously willing to lose millions, if not billions, of dollars of revenue rather than rescind their outlandish declaration that men who self-identify as women are welcome to use facilities with with girls and women. With a boycott that has garnered over one and a quarter million signees now, Target is not going to benefit from their new policy. Certainly if there is that level of commitment to a cause, one would expect some consistency in their policies. Even if one disagrees with a position taken by another, if there is sincerity present, there is still some degree of admiration for being committed to something, although it is certainly possible to be sincerely wrong.Target recently issued an April 19, 2016, statement to reaffirm its policies: "we welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity." According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Molly Snyder, a Target spokeswoman, said it is not a new policy, but the retailer wanted to clarify its position given questions it has received from both customers and employees amid the national debate. Executives sent an e-mail to store leaders earlier this week to convey the message. 'It’s a restatement of a policy,' she said. 'It’s just us being very overt in stating it.'" They are very committed to what they consider "equality" and "inclusivity": "Inclusivity is a core belief at Target. It’s something we celebrate. We stand for equality and equity, and strive to make our guests and team members feel accepted, respected and welcomed in our stores and workplaces every day."Target wants to insure that no employee or customer feels offended or out of place in their stores. At least that is how they are trying to justify their position. Really? Back in 2007, Target took a position of accommodation when it came to Muslims who work in their stores and did not want to handle pork. According to the NBC News article, "The Star Tribune reported this past week that some Muslim cashiers at local Targets had declined to scan pork products such as bacon because doing so would conflict with their religious beliefs. They would ask other cashiers to ring up such purchases, or sometimes customers would scan those items themselves, the newspaper reported. Minneapolis-based Target Corp. has now offered its local Muslim cashiers who object to handling pork the option of wearing gloves while cashiering, shifting to other positions or transferring to other nearby stores. 'We are confident that this is a reasonable solution for our guests and team members,' Target spokeswoman Paula Thornton-Greear said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press on Saturday.”However, that same equality and inclusivity does not seem to apply to Christians whose religion teaches that God created only two genders (male and female) and who do not wish to be seen in various states of undress by members of the opposite gender. Apparently, the retail giant will bend over backwards to accommodate Muslims but could care less about the feelings or religious sensibilities of its Christian employees and customers. According to an August 2014 article from One News Now, "Target is filing legal briefs in court cases intended to win marriage rights for homosexuals and lesbians." Target wants to put forth that they want everyone to feel welcome, yet are actively working toward tearing down conservative, Christian values. If Target cares so much, then why not just have a third bathroom for those who want to claim a different gender? Does Target only care about objections raised by those of faiths other than Christianity?
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