So I can relate to the bondage thing. I've asked for God's help and am working on this. I found I no longer have to settle for "well, that's just the way I am," finding excuses. No, darn it, I can beat this with God's help! And beat any other struggle!!
You go girl, you can do this!
As far as homosexuals being saved. Anybody can be saved by repentance and living the life of Christ. Pick up our crosses and follow Him. Turn away from our sins.
It's a hard knock life!
Seriously though, if we but turn our eyes upon Jesus 24/7 we can't
help but be transformed. this is the ONLY way, HE is the Way...
How does he feel about daffiness?
Perhaps what bothers me the most in conversations like this is the way in which we treat this one thing as some ultimate form of sinfulness while allowing ourselves to completely justify certain actions and behaviors--or at least making excuses or lessening the trouble of said actions and behaviors--which are consistently spoken against within Sacred Scripture and the historic teachings of the Church.
I think that's only because this thread is specifically about that one "Sin"
I use quotations because as you know, it's now considered many things
rather than sin..
A "lifestyle"
A "genetic mutation" etc.
For all that God has said against the abuse of power, against greed and hoarding wealth, against affluence in the face of poverty and hunger and apathy toward the poor and the hungry there is level of outrage against these like there is against two consenting adults of the same sex in their own bedroom.
Seriously? Maybe you're more sensitive to that for some reason.
Personally, my beef is about division and that's the one you'll hear
me get really vocal about.
OR..maybe because folks curl their lip in disgust at this one more because
it really can make some folks wanna lose their lunch....
There is no outrage against the rich agenda, there is no outrage against the abomination of mistreatment of the poor. There are no picketers or organized groups claiming "God hates rich people" or "God hates those apathetic toward justice". We don't have crazy preachers saying that this earthquake or that tornado or this hurricane is the result of God's wrath against our social apathy, our haughtiness, our perverse affluence, our militarism and violence.
Now that's a good point!
But maybe we're just acting like our Daddy....?
And despite the fact that each and every one who reads this post knows danged well what the Scriptures teach about how God feels about these things--because it's so very, very clearly written about in His word--there will be some who will shrug this off as some "liberal" blah blah blah instead of genuine Christian concern for the very soul of Christ's Church and what it means to call oneself a Christian.
God have mercy on us all.
-CryptoLutheran
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I believe we are called to reconciliation and love, but we do that God's
way if we want success...
New Living Translation (©2007)
I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don't even eat with such people.
New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler-- not even to eat with such a one.
King James Bible
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 
