So whatever these anglican men/women decide is canon is canon? They are already letting women be priests, might as well allow homosexual relationships. If blessing a homosexual marriage is actually being debated right now in the anglican church then the anglican church has already fallen ladies and gentlemen. Conforming to culture is not Biblical!
you don't seem to think it is "deactivated" as you said: "sodomites should be excluded and in culture Gods will is for them to get the Leviticus law." and that Leviticus law is they are to be killed.
If anyone wants to minister within the gay community toward repentance and redemption more power to them. God's kingdom is available. But in order to repent one first has to acknowledge something is wrong. If no wrongness is seen then no repentance is necessary and without repentance there is no reign of God in anyone's life. Ministering to people who lack God is in showing them what's needed to find him. And without recognizing the wrong how can anyone find the grace to turn away from it? No repentance=no God. That's how it works.
actions speak louder than words. and yeah the shoe does fit
Here is a picture of Christopher and Halley Lambert and their daughter Delaney. Sadly CHristopher, a police officer in Illinois was killed in the line of duty in January 2019.
The true tragedy is that Halley and her daughter are still pretending to be a family. Since "God intended for children to have a mother and a father" No real Christian can considered them to be a family at all.
I have seen nothing but compassion and care towards homosexuals from Christian conservative types. Sure, some people exist who hate homosexuals, but they're the minority and I've never personal met a Christian conservative (fundamentalist?) of that kind.
No, men and women do not get to decide if Jesus is right or wrong. It is stated very clearly in the Bible that marriage is between a man and a woman, a church or its leaders CAN NOT disagree with scripture. How can you be a Christian and disagree with Jesus? And its funny that you say “oh the horror” its not scary, its just Biblical, read 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1:6-9. These places clearly state that Church leaders are to be men. Titus 2:3-5 explains the role of women in the church and at home. And yes they may be separate issues but they both stemThere are significant established boundaries. Part of what is happening here is that we have never needed before to have any official policy on this, because - since same-sex marriage was not legal at all - we didn't need to say we wouldn't do it. That was a given.
Now same-sex marriage is legal in Australia and we need to work out how we will deal with the fact that some people in our churches will take up the option to marry; some people coming to faith will be in same-sex marriages; and many of our members will be trying to work out how their faith affects their relationships with friends and family members in or aspiring to same-sex marriages.
It's not surprising that these are complex questions and that opinions are divided. It will take time to sort it all out. In the meantime (as I said in one of Melbourne's synod debates) we all need to allow one another space, time and grace to find our place in the changed landscape.
Oh the horror!
These are completely separate issues.
