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But not as offensive as the terms "fags" or "queers".  |
Actually. more offensive. As I said gay people call themselves queer. They wear it as a badge of honor today.
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You've still not addressed the position a preacher puts me in as a father if he uses those terms. I don't want my son using pejoratives like that. How can I conceivably raise a gentleman who speaks like a Christian when the pastor doesn't have the decency to speak like a Christian gentleman in the pulpit?
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Why do I need to address it? You are the father, do what you feel is right, find another church.
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I don't think it's "wrong" or shouldn't be used. Personally, I wouldn't use it that often in the pulpit because the visitor that I'm trying to reach might be one of those "Sodomites".
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I agree, but then that would be taking our ques from them.
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I don't want him to get angry at me, I want him to see the love and feel the power of Jesus.
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I'm not going to compromise the word of God for fear of anger, but there is no reason to anger someone unnecessarily. But truth is truth. Sin is sin. It does not matter if it is the adulterer or the "sodomite", they need to hear and repent.
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He knows his sin, he knows it far better than I do. He's already feeling the uncomfortable conviction while being in the presence of the Holy Ghost.
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maybe not. The proud heart doesn't feel. That is what thewayofthemaster.com has made very clear. Law to the proud, grace to the humble. Some need to hear that they are sinners and know what their sin is. I can tell you to, we have had people get very upset when they were told homosexuality was a sin...they didn't know it was until then.
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God's Holiness is convicting him as he sits there. I just have to point to the cross as his way of escape.
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What is the word for again?