Sydney Star Observer reports that... members of the Lilydale Baptist Church will decide at a special meeting this Sunday, November 27 if their pastor Reverend Matt Glover should remain in his position because of his views on marriage equality. Although the church membership is happy with Rev Glover's work, including his preaching and care of struggling people, church members just can't tolerate his opinion on marriage equality. Glover has worked with the gay community for 15 years on issues of faith. He said...“I’ve said the church doesn’t have to recgonise gay marriage, the church doesn’t have to practice gay marriage, but I think the church needs to stand up for the right of gay people to have their relationships, their marriages,legally recognised by the Government... It’s a burden we’ve felt that there’s a group of people in our community getting isolated and oppressed and having lies said about them… making them look like deviants"
Of course I'm in favour of sacking compassionate people ... my church needs more bigots.
At least there's no danger of house-elf Dobby Ould being sacked by the Jensens. He shows his usual bigotry:
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I attend Lilydale Baptist church, and the real issue is not homosexual marriage (that is a side disagreement but not central issue) - but whether or not Matt believes a homosexual sexual relationship is a sin from the biblical point of view. The issue is the authority of the bible.
ReplyDeletewhen we get away from the word of God all we are left with are men's opinions. The word of God is what we should measure ourselves by, the word and the word alone should be our plumbline. What a slippery slope we are on when men's opinions are given authority over the bible. Thy WORD is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. We are sure living in the time of the falling away, a falling away from the faith.
ReplyDeleteIn my humble opinion, the word of God transforms itself into reality, when compassion extends itself beyond our own prejudices and sees God in others. If one had relied on the biblical word without a compassionate heart, then I think Christians would still use the Bible to condone slavery.
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