Thank you for references to that warrior for life and for sound philosophy, John Paul II. It is refreshing to read someone else reference those who are part of the culture of death. Supporting abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and infanticide flies in face of the earliest church's practice of rescuing the victims of infant exposure. May your tribe increase, my brother.
Asking a church to discipline its members over their views on abortion when it doesn't discipline them over adultery or divorce is like getting turned down for $5 and immediately asking for $500.
Precisely. But this is what motivated me to write the article. I am by no means excluding the need to discipline adulterers or those who initiate divorce, only adding to that those who actively support murder in the womb.
My point is that there's no sense in trying to get them to impose discipline for a controversial issue when they won't even impose discipline for uncontroversial ones.
Start with things that honest churches already know they should be doing before trying to get them to do things they're not sure about.
Thank you for references to that warrior for life and for sound philosophy, John Paul II. It is refreshing to read someone else reference those who are part of the culture of death. Supporting abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and infanticide flies in face of the earliest church's practice of rescuing the victims of infant exposure. May your tribe increase, my brother.
Amen and Amen!
Thanks as always for your feedback Dave, it's much appreciated.
God bless,
Anthony
Since when do Evangelical churches discipline their members for anything at all?
Ryan
In my experience very rarely.
Regards,
Anthony
Asking a church to discipline its members over their views on abortion when it doesn't discipline them over adultery or divorce is like getting turned down for $5 and immediately asking for $500.
Ryan,
Precisely. But this is what motivated me to write the article. I am by no means excluding the need to discipline adulterers or those who initiate divorce, only adding to that those who actively support murder in the womb.
Anthony
Again, that's great and all, just so long as you understand that arctic conditions will prevail in the underworld first.
I hear you, but we still have to try.
Anthony
My point is that there's no sense in trying to get them to impose discipline for a controversial issue when they won't even impose discipline for uncontroversial ones.
Start with things that honest churches already know they should be doing before trying to get them to do things they're not sure about.