Sentences with phrase «gay teach in the church»

Ok, I won't let a gay teach in the church I pastor because of it being a degradation to something beautiful.

«Ok, I won't let a gay teach in the church I pastor because of it being a degradation to something beautiful» (Fishon)

Not exact matches

Like was drilled into my brain when I was in the conservative church, Lauren and Yen have been taught, among many other things, that masturbation and being gay (one which is a sexual act and one which is an identity) is wrong.

I wouldn't want a working prostitute, a man who spent all his leisure watching porn, or a gay guy who spent his time at the baths to teach in church... those things are a matter of morals not orientation.

I will answer that — no problems... after I hear you tell me if you would or wouldn't allow a gay person to teach in your church?

The document firmly rejects gay marriage, for instance, but also said Catholics leaders, «are trying to find a balance between the Church's teaching on the family and a respectful, non-judgmental attitude towards people living in such unions.»

At Fordham University in New York, a Catholic school, a proud mother of a grown gay son drew a standing ovation when she told a story about discovering the effect of church teachings on her child.

Some Christians believe that the Holy Spirit is leading his Church into a truth which we have not been able to take in until now — that the Church's teaching that sex is for a committed, faithful, lifelong, exclusive relationship with one other person, should be widened to include gay people.

If we add to this the sexual activity of young men of the same age, of gay men and lesbian women at a later stage of life, and that of unmarried and divorced heterosexual couples, it becomes clear that the sexual practice of people in our society is quite different from that held to be normative by the traditional teaching of the churches.

so this is a group for gays folks to go and get told that there desires go against the teachings of the church and if they keep at it they will spend the rest of the time in hell... but if they just stop doing that terrible deed then all is well....

Though many married couples who use artificial contraception, along with divorced and remarried Catholics and gays, continue to participate in the life of the church, the great discrepancy between Catholic teaching and Catholic practice has called into question the credibility of the hierarchical teaching office.

Where was I wrong, in my original post, about the teachings of the church on gay marriage.

In particular, one could ask the Prime Minister to put in writing his personal guarantee that no Church or individual will be forced to perform «gay marriages»; and that it will not be illegal for Christians to teach the traditional and biblical view that homosexual acts are sinful; and that Christians who refuse to perform «gay «marriages will still be able to be registrarIn particular, one could ask the Prime Minister to put in writing his personal guarantee that no Church or individual will be forced to perform «gay marriages»; and that it will not be illegal for Christians to teach the traditional and biblical view that homosexual acts are sinful; and that Christians who refuse to perform «gay «marriages will still be able to be registrarin writing his personal guarantee that no Church or individual will be forced to perform «gay marriages»; and that it will not be illegal for Christians to teach the traditional and biblical view that homosexual acts are sinful; and that Christians who refuse to perform «gay «marriages will still be able to be registrars.

Their move to a Catholic church was taken as meaning only one thing: that despite the lip - service being paid by the diocese to the teaching that «non-celibate gay people should not be given Communion», the diocese of Westminster was in fact giving its tacit approval and support to a situation in which that was precisely what was happening, in a setting in which the Pope and the teaching of the Church were regarded with hostility and held up to conchurch was taken as meaning only one thing: that despite the lip - service being paid by the diocese to the teaching that «non-celibate gay people should not be given Communion», the diocese of Westminster was in fact giving its tacit approval and support to a situation in which that was precisely what was happening, in a setting in which the Pope and the teaching of the Church were regarded with hostility and held up to conChurch were regarded with hostility and held up to contempt.

Yet, as Bishop Spong points out, if it was a gay male who taught the Christian church what the love of God means, who defined grace for all people; and who, tortured and rejected as he must have felt, came to understand what resurrection means as God's vindicating act, then in a sense we do owe him a debt of gratitude.

Most people I encounter in churches aren't fearful of gay people nor do they wish to be hurtful — but they are fearful of daring to question what they have always been taught.

With particular pertinence to the present discussion, Levada, for all his considerable gifts, did not distinguish himself in his teaching, and his seeing to it that others taught, the Church's moral doctrine during his ten years as archbishop of San Francisco, a city commonly called the gay capital of the world.

Here «the manner in which Church teaching is conveyed» is acknowledged as contributing to the prejudices against gay and lesbian people.

There can be only one reason and that is because many of us have been conditioned by years of misguided church teaching to look upon gay and lesbian individuals as morally inferior, unworthy and therefore undeserving of that which we uphold as good and sanctified in our lives.

Among them are longstanding advocates of gay causes, habitual ranters against Rome's putative oppression, and those who go far beyond respectful dissent in publicly declaring that authoritative teachings of the Church are simply false.

My gay child has a strong father, a two parent household, a upper middle class income, both college graduates, went to church, had a supportive family life, engaged in sports, school activities and I think someone needs to teach you about what the real Jesus would have done.

In the meantime, check out God and The Gay Christian as well as The Reformation Project, which seeks to equip LGBT Christians and allies to reform church teachings on sexual orientation and gender identity (and which has a conference coming up in NovemberIn the meantime, check out God and The Gay Christian as well as The Reformation Project, which seeks to equip LGBT Christians and allies to reform church teachings on sexual orientation and gender identity (and which has a conference coming up in Novemberin November).

Personally, I would not feel welcome in a church that teaches that I chose to be gay (I didn't!)

I teach that a gay person in no more going to hell than a gossiper (which I'm sure you know Gary, the church is full of!).

From Laura: As a theology student, I often have real problems with the theology I find in gay - affirming writing, teaching, and churches.

If there weren't yawning demographic and taste divides in this land, half the country wouldn't be preparing to secede over their right to celebrate the Confederacy by brandishing assault weapons in church, while the other half demand that the particulars of safe gay sex be taught in the schools.