Homosexuality is sin - full stop. I would obviously not be part of sanctioning any marriage where there is undealt with sin.
I hope that clarifies any misunderstanding. I don't know what that has to do with my explanation of why I think the state needs to keep their noses out of the marrying business. Let them acknowledge civil agreements as they see fit - let the church deal with marriage.
Carrie Underwood succumbes to Hollywood pressure
Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by Berean, Jul 28, 2012.
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This doesn't have anything to do with my views on homosexuality. And I don't believe C4K's views need to be in question either. This is a church and state seperation issue. The state doesn't need to be in the business of telling the church who to marry anymore than the church needs to tell the state anything whatsoever. The activities of each can be and should be seperate!
There is not a thing wrong with the government regulating the contractual issues of a marriage without regulating who the churches themselves recognize as married.
On the other side, there is nothing wrong with the church not recognizing/marrying two people who the church determines is not marrying within the beliefs of that church.
This would allow same gender couples (whether hom*sexual or just good friends) to combine their households and give one another "next of kin" authorities and would also allow each individual religion to decide for themselves what constitutes a marriage of believers. It doesn't force anyone to believe something they don't. Keeps down the declaration of "unfair" in the sight of the law and boots the government out of one issue that is not/should not be theirs to regulate! -
The state never should have been involved in deciding who was married.
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I'm puzzled why the OP is pinning her stance on pressure from "Hollywood".
Here is the kind of stuff Carrie and her husband are hearing at their Nashville-area church:
GracePointe "Judge Not" sermon
GracePointe has attracted quite a few Gospel musicians as congregants, Buck Rambo and Michael English, for example.
Mark Lowry of the Gaither Vocal Band interviews Underwood's pastor last month -
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I would be willing to perform a wedding for two "homosexuals"...as long as one of them is a man and the other is a woman.! :thumbs:
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Know MANY have said Elvis had a genuine faith in jesus, saved, but due to being famous so young, and due to having "yes men" around him, none dared to confront him..
Interesting that last week of his life, they found writings he made in hotel to jesus as his lord, and was seeking deliervancefrom his problems/addictions..
best topay fro carrie and Christians in Hollywood, not JUST riducule them! -
Yes..Pray!
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Hopefully we adressed her in private first about this, and still should pray for her! -
A Good Example
A good example of what I was just talking about would be Tiger Woods. While watching all the scandal surrounding him and his cheating which nearly completely torpedoed his whole career, it was revealed that he is a Buddhist. I thought to myself how sad that is and ever since then,everytime I see him play (and although he has had a rough time the last few years he is still a GREAT golfer!)anyway,everytime I see him play I bow and pray for him that our precious Lord would save his soul and give him "Somebody" real and ALIVE to live for. On that score his skills as a golfer will get him nowhere...but can you imagine what good for the Lord a truly REDEEMED Tiger Woods might be. It is not so much their "celebrity" status that matters but folks like that do have the world's "stage" to walk upon. Of course,when a "celebrity" gets saved (and some do...take Kirk Cameron for instance)...it's usually not to long before the "red carpet" gets yanked out from under them! Anyway... that is another discussion for a different thread I suppose. By the way...I could not have cared less about golf until Tiger got in the game. Since then I have been a fan!
Bless Ya'll,
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I know that it's not allowed on this board, but if you read what she says, it is because of her faith, not Hollywood, that she makes this choice.
Now you may not agree but it is unchristlike to question her salvation because she makes a choice different then the one you have made.
And really enough with the I'm not judging her BUT - that is judging her or the I'm not saying BUT.... -
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A snippet from the link posted in the OP:
Anyone who is a true blood-bought christian has no right to alter God's immutable Word to suit the world. -
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