I feel sorry for women who can’t marry each
other (Knockback for couple on wedding, September 30), in their church
of choice, but Christ made it very clear: Christians must obey Church teaching.
Rev Jenny Dawson makes the common mistake of
conflating love and charity. “Love” means many things to many people but for
Jesus it meant only the love of God (charity), which includes love for everyone.
True Christian “inclusiveness” means loving God in all people as Jesus did, but
not excusing sin in anyone, as Jesus himself did not.
And when I say “God” I mean the God of Moses
who proscribed homosexual acts as an abomination, and the God of Sts Paul,
Timothy, Jude and Peter who all reiterated this divine teaching. Scripture
itself would seem to be very good reason why “the mainstream churches in New
Zealand have struggled” with this issue. There’s pain involved, yes; but
Christians follow Christ, who died in pain on a cross.
As to Pope Francis and his opinions on LGBTQ
people, Pope Francis is not the Church. And “accepting and embracing” doesn’t
mean condoning.
As to the plight of the Paekakariki
Protestants, most likely a heterodox church somewhere will be happy to bless
them soon.
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