One woman's tough and tender approach to grassroots conservative principles in an era of unreasonable logic from those who claim progressive strategies but fail to heed how those same strategies have failed miserably throughout history.
"Be wise as serpents ... harmless as doves."
If liberals hoped the Vatican was softening its stance on marriage, next week’s conference is sure to set the record straight. FromNovember 17-19, the home of the Catholic Church is hosting “An International Interreligious Colloquium on the Complementarity of Man and Woman” with pro-family leaders from around the world, including FRC’s Peter Sprigg, Dr. Pat Fagan, and myself.
Although the event was planned before last month’s Synod, Pope Francis will kick off the conference and is expected to address the controversy raised from the October flap, when reports suggest that the Church was opening the door to same-sex “marriage.” Scholars from a host of religions (Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Mormon) will descend on Vatican City to support and reinvigorate natural marriage and family life. With the international debate over same-sex “marriage” heating up, most people hope the colloquium will be a catalyst for global solidarity in the work of strengthening marriage.Apart from Pope Francis, attendees will also hear from:
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Archbishop Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Philadelphia and host of next year’s World Meeting of Families
Rick Warren, Senior Pastor of Saddleback Church
Bishop N.T. Wright, Professor of New Testament and early Christianity at the School of Theology of the University of St. Andrews
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sack, Former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
Dr. Jacqueline Cooke-Rivers, Azusa Christian Community
If liberals hoped the Vatican was softening its stance on marriage, next week’s conference is sure to set the record straight. FromNovember 17-19, the home of the Catholic Church is hosting “An International Interreligious Colloquium on the Complementarity of Man and Woman” with pro-family leaders from around the world, including FRC’s Peter Sprigg, Dr. Pat Fagan, and myself.
Although the event was planned before last month’s Synod, Pope Francis will kick off the conference and is expected to address the controversy raised from the October flap, when reports suggest that the Church was opening the door to same-sex “marriage.” Scholars from a host of religions (Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Mormon) will descend on Vatican City to support and reinvigorate natural marriage and family life. With the international debate over same-sex “marriage” heating up, most people hope the colloquium will be a catalyst for global solidarity in the work of strengthening marriage.Apart from Pope Francis, attendees will also hear from:
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Archbishop Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Philadelphia and host of next year’s World Meeting of Families
Rick Warren, Senior Pastor of Saddleback Church
Bishop N.T. Wright, Professor of New Testament and early Christianity at the School of Theology of the University of St. Andrews
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sack, Former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
Dr. Jacqueline Cooke-Rivers, Azusa Christian Community
States, Why are You Petitioning a Corrupt Supreme Court to Enforce the True Definition of Marriage?
On Monday, the Supreme Court turned down five state appeals that sought to prohibit sodomite "marriage." The obvious question that should be asked is why the states appeal to the federal court in the first place. After all, marriage is none of their business.
Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin all appealed to the United States Supreme Court to let them have a ban on redefining marriage. The question I have is, why?
It's because these states don't have competent governors in office that will simply tell the Supreme Court where they can go and then implement the law in their state against sodomite "marriages." Personally, I'd like to see them implement legislation against sodomy and then they wouldn't be dealing with this nonsense of redefining marriage. And yes, I have no problem with dealing with sodomy permanently as the Bible tells us how to deal with it. If sodomites won't repent, then justice should be served upon them, not give them special rights and treat them as a specially protected class of citizens.
This is akin to giving the murderer, the rapist, the kidnapper and various other criminals (who should face capital punishment under biblical law) special rights and status in the society. How well do you think that would work out? It wouldn't work out and neither will this.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
Friends, there is nothing "normal, natural, or healthy" about homosexuality. The fact that even godless, anti-theistic Communists say that it must be "presented" this way tells you that they know it is the exact opposite.
However, where is the outcry of the professed Church in America? Oh I know, she is busy saying that we shouldn't throw stones or that we shouldn't judge lest we be judged. Those are excuses for cowards who are unwilling to offend sinners, but instead choose to offend God.
It's high time the Church grew a spine, understood what the Word of God said and proclaimed it unedited to sinners in need of a Savior from sin. Additionally, it's time that we also tell our state legislatures and governors to ignore the Supreme Court when it rules in an area it shouldn't be ruling and instead, as ministers of God (Rom.13), punish the evildoer justly. Make the Supreme Court enforce their ruling and if they think they can do it, we must be prepared to back up our state representatives.
As Edmund Burke famously said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
