In the news--What do you think about the final decision in this matter?
Gay pastor gets job after all The Bishop of Oslo, who's maintained a conservative stand against gay pastors in the state church, has backed down, and now will grant a ministry to a pastor who's living in a gay partnership. Bishop Ole Christian Kvarme's decision earlier this month to deny a pastor's position to Svein G Josefsen sparked wide debate when it became known last week. Were these scriptures thought of when making this decision-- 1 Timothy 3:2-5--"The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)" Also Romans 1:27
Religion & Spirituality - 13 Answers
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That's called faith without works
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I think that's one just thing that has been done in a long line of injustices.
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I personally do not think think that any church leader should show unrepentant sin. I feel that homosexuality is a sin. I would liken it to a preacher getting drunk and doing the sermon. Willingly sinning while preaching is not the message Gay people should be welcomed to the church with open arms and I do not think today enough is done to show that. But we cannot corrupt our beliefs and permit sin to become acceptable in the body of Christ ( the church ). If he is repentant about it that is okay, but if he does it openly and defies God that is wrong.
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That bishop has no backbone
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Good for him, Christians need a lesson in tolerance.
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I believe the gay pastor will probably do just fine.
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Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. 15"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,'[a] spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
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I think any bishop who allows homo's as ministers is in deep you know what(pardon the pun).
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If the work a person does warrants their promotion then they should get it. Ones sexual orientation should not play a role in that decision.
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I expect the scriptures were ignored - like they are when we do not sell our children into slavery or kill a neighbour for wearing clothing made of two types of cloth - Leviticus Mark
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this shows that we are living in the last days just as Jesus Christ said. now they even allow gays to marry and adopted children. in the bible it tells us that men are to marry woman, not man marrying man or woman marrying woman. now they are letting gays be pastors. they should not be allowed. they say there marriages are doing great for the children. children should know that there is a mother and father. Jehovah made the first marriage to Adam and Eve. not to Adam and steve as some keep saying. hate what Jehovah hates and love what Jehovah loves. www.watchtower.org
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The fact that homosexuality has been around long enough to be mentioned in the Bible should give people a clue that it is something people are born with. To condemn people for being who they are seems extremely hypocritical, especially if you claim to believe that your god created EVERYTHING. Therefore, it created gay people. If this god is always right, if everything that happens is part of its plan, then aren't you second-guessing this god when you make such statements about gays? Isn't that blasphemy? BTW, it's funny that someone quoted the book of Timothy--I don't know much about the Bible, but I do know that it is in Timothy that there is a passage about the benefits of drinking wine--maybe that's the one the hypothetical drunken minister was reading.
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What comes to my mind is....We are indeed living in the last days. It is back like in the days of Noah. The time is soon. Praise Jah!
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It brings to my mind immediately the Scripture at 2 Timothy 4: 3 & 4: "For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories." Christiandom has become like a smorgasboard! They have twisted the rules so that eveything is acceptable...which reminds me of another scripture... Matthew 7:13 & 14: "“Go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; 14 whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it." The Bible plainly states... 1 Corinthians 6: 9 & 10: "What! Do YOU not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men, 10 nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God’s kingdom. "
