Monday, June 16, 2008

Jesus, Paul and Luther would be proud

Today is the day. Today is the day that gays and lesbians have been "praying" for. Today in California, gays and lesbians can now be "married."

What does the Bible say about this? What does Jesus say? What does Paul say? What does Luther say? They say all the same thing: this is sin.

Jesus, Paul and Martin Luther all say homosexuals will go to hell. If you don't believe me, read the Bible and read the Book of Concord.

Ebenezer (HerChurch) Lutheran Church- San Francisco, Calif. (website)
It is obvious on what type of "Lutheran" this church is. (Hint: not LCMS, not WELS....what's left, it's the "big one") This "Lutheran" "church" will allow gay marriage. What is even better is that this church does not read the Lord's Prayer, it says this instead--
Our Mother who is within us
we celebrate your many names.
Your wisdom come.
Your will be done,
unfolding from the depths within us.
Each day you give us all that we need.
You remind us of our limits
and we let go.
You support us in our power
and we act with courage.
For you are the dwelling place within us
the empowerment around us
and the celebration among us
now and for ever. Amen

My gosh.

Here is what is posted on the "church"'s website--

celebrating the CA Supreme Court

decision we are offering YOU

sacred space/clergy for your

wedding/marriage call

415-681-5400



Here is Paul's letter to the Romans about sinful humanity:

Romans 1:18-32 (New International Version)

New International Version (NIV)

Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society


God's Wrath Against Mankind
18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.



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