Westboro Baptist Church

A broken clock is right twice a day...

 

they are a disgrace to name and cause of Christ!

 

'Nuff said.

 

Our message is both in words and attitude.

"In meekness instructing others".

"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing."

Also, these yahoos at Westboro have a distorted view of what sin is. Consequently the repentance they preach is not really Biblical repentance. True, homosexuality is sin but there is a much wider and deeper gamut than just that one manifestation, all of which separates us from God.

To truly preach and teach about sin, like Owen and Edwards (just to name two of my favorite John's) is to lead the hearers to a truly heartfelt awareness of the hopelessness of our case. Westboro - at least from what I have read - gives the impression that outward gross sins are the major problem. But they are just more easily discerned than the refined sins like egotism, self-indulgence, private resentment, etc.

 

Asterisktom,
Very good stuff.

One can "turn" from every outward motion perceived as sin, and yet be as lost as the one who revels in his unrighteous deeds.

 

One can be strongly against Homosexual/Lesbian practices/lifestyle, as that is indeed deviant and sinful, but still need to show to them the Love of Christ, correct?