tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post4167756644381654685..comments2023-10-07T04:19:14.316-07:00Comments on A CHRISTIAN VOICE FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER RIGHTS: GEORGE REKERS AND SOME ROOTS OF HOMOPHOBIAJerry Manekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-1134765349952806112010-05-13T20:21:33.929-07:002010-05-13T20:21:33.929-07:00Hi genevieve: It's no wonder that many people ...Hi genevieve: It's no wonder that many people believe that God doesn't love them, when so much vitriol is expressed by arrogantly ignorant homophobic clergy who commit grievous sins, such as that of idolatry and judging and condemning others. <br /><br />It's crucial for Christians who are Christians in fact to spread the good news of the Gospel of grace, and that the demagogues who pervert that Gospel, the only Gospel to be found in Christianity, are confronted and made to crawl back under the rocks from which they came. <br /><br />I do believe in the devil, and those professing Christians who bear false witness and seek to deprive others of civil rights are doing the devil's work. <br /><br />There is NOTHING in the Bible that condemns loving same-sex relationships, and that message must be shouted from the roof tops to all LGBT people, be they Christian or not. <br /><br />God created God's LGBT children, and God doesn't create anything that God hates. <br /><br />It's to be remembered that Jesus saved his harshest words for the Pharisees who sought to judge others and put yokes of bondage onto others in the name of "religion" and in the name of God.<br /><br />Our modern day Pharisees deserve no lesser condemnation for their perversion of the Gospel of grace, their perversion of Jesus' teachings and ministry, and for the untold suffering they have visited upon others.<br /><br />Best wishes, Jerry.Jerry Manekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-50415029898780360952010-05-13T16:16:52.881-07:002010-05-13T16:16:52.881-07:00I agree with you, Don Charles. there are some teac...I agree with you, Don Charles. there are some teaching points here.<br /><br />Jerry, the biggest thing I run into when I encourage people is that many believe that God doesn't love them.genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041499205158357183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-72325084057270816352010-05-06T15:39:39.833-07:002010-05-06T15:39:39.833-07:00Thanks so much, Don Charles.Thanks so much, Don Charles.Jerry Manekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-16344108246942422332010-05-06T15:02:01.089-07:002010-05-06T15:02:01.089-07:00What's more likely, Jerry, is that both Ted Ha...What's more likely, Jerry, is that both Ted Haggard and George Rekers are Gay, self-hating wretches whose involvement in "ex-Gay" ministries was an elaborate and pathetic attempt to hide in plain sight. Gay activists are beside themselves with joy whenever these kinds of hypocrites are exposed, but I wonder if it hurts our cause? I wonder if it gives Straight society one more reason to think of us as freaks? Maybe activists should respond with less vitriol and more pity. They should turn these incidents into serious teaching moments, like you're trying to do.DC HAMPTON JACOBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09884630801131861786noreply@blogger.com