It is not too harsh to say that Luther was one of the few major Lutheran church leaders until the twentieth century to see
that condemning the immorality of the state was part of his vocation.
The left commends sexual liberation as the best avenue to achieve individual autonomy, while nonsensically
condemning the immorality of a marketplace in which sex is the best sales pitch.
Not exact matches
With that mix up, religious people judged and
condemned the world for
immorality that the Lord Jesus Christ paid for with His «Precious Blood!»
They are no Christian, teaching
immorality to be endorsed which the Bible
condemns.
The married - sex - only agreement that Wheaton students and faculty sign is part of the college's Community Covenant, which says that students agree the Bible
condemns «sexual
immorality, such as the use of pornography, premarital sex, adultery, homosexual behavior and all other sexual relations outside the bounds of marriage between a man and woman.»
This function alone justifies their existence, which otherwise ought to be outlawed because of the
immorality to which they are
condemned by the order of things.
Yet those who
condemn gays for their sexual
immorality also often overlook or excuse heterosexual promiscuity, especially when validated by serial «marriage» among the rich and the conservative.
Even with regard to the story of Sodom and Gomorah what we know is that God is
condemning se - xual
immorality.
We
condemn all other acts of
immorality.
Sin and
immorality that was
condemned by God should be called out.
We Christians
condemn many sins in America today — sexual
immorality, lying, drug and alcohol abuse, pornography, crime — but we tend to tolerate, even praise someone who is self - righteous because we see it as having a good «self - image.»
It is sometimes said that Jesus said nothing about homosexuality (as if this cancels out all the other verses), but Jesus squarely
condemned sexual
immorality in general (Mark 7:20 - 23) and quotes the Genesis 2:24 verse in his teaching as an expression of his Father's will in creation (Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7)
Critics loved it too and despite the dissenting voices
condemning its perceived
immorality, it received ten Oscar nominations and five wins, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay among them (all three going to Wilder himself).
How ever positive any one's persuasion may be, not only of the falsity, but of the pernicious consequences — not only of the pernicious consequences, but (to adopt expressions which I altogether
condemn) the
immorality and impiety of an opinion; yet if, in pursuance of that private judgment, though backed by the public judgment of his country or his cotemporaries, he prevents the opinion from being heard in its defence, he assumes infallibility.