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This should be interesting...

ABC to Probe 'The Ten Commandments' in New Series



By Kevin P. Donovan
Christian Post Reporter
Wed, Sep. 23 2009 11:47 PM EDT

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ABC will be launching a new special series Thursday that will examine how the Ten Commandments are being applied in today’s world.
Starting with “Though Shalt Not Commit Adultery,” ABC News’ Nightline program will tackle each commandment during its “The Ten Commandments” series, looking at what they mean, and how they apply to life in the 21st century.
Thursday’s program, which was taped last week at the Fellowship Church in Dallas, pits two Christian ministers against two advocates of adultery in the same format as Nightline’s “Face-Off.”
The question: Were we “born to cheat?”
"Infidelity can save your marriage," argued AshleyMadison.com Founder Noel Biderma, whose website has offered a way for married men and women to pursue affairs.
It's better to have an affair than to get divorced, he maintained during the taping for Thursday’s program.
In following episodes, ABC Nightline anchors and correspondents will talk to businessmen, physicians and scholars from Texas to as far as Israel.
Featured will be Chick Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy, who will explain why being closed on Sunday makes great business sense for “Remember to Keep the Sabbath Holy;” “Dr. Death” of New Zealand, who will talk about euthanasia for “Thou Shalt Not Kill,” and people from Egypt and Israel who will talk about the commandments and how they came to be for “There is Only One God.”
Nightline's "The Ten Commandments" series kicks off with the first episode Thursday at 11:35 p.m. ET.

 

[honorthesabbath]

What part of..Le 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Do they not understand?

PC(USA) Panel Reaches No Agreement on Gay Relationships



By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter
Tue, Sep. 22 2009 07:00 PM EDT

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Presbyterians have come to a similar conclusion as Lutherans recently did about same-gender relationships: they cannot agree.

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In a draft report, a special committee of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) stated that there continues to be a struggle in the denomination and they are left with "honest and sincere disagreements" on the issue of same-sex marriage and partnerships.
"What is the place of covenanted same-gender partnerships in the Christian community? The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) cannot agree," the Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Unions and Christian Marriage said in its September report.
Last month, the Evangelical Lutheran Church adopted a social statement on human sexuality also stating that they lack consensus on the matter of same-gender relationships. The statement, however, went on to recommend to the wider denomination that they commit themselves to finding ways to recognize such relationships.
Just as Lutherans have been urged to stay together and listen to one another as they continue to wrestle with their disagreements, Presbyterians are being given the same plea.
"The question before us is not what issue will define us at any given moment, but whether then Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) can acknowledge that our unity in Christ supersedes any other claim or argument clamoring for our attention," the special committee stated, calling Presbyterians to listen to one another with openness and respect.
The committee was authorized by the 2008 General Assembly to study the history of the laws governing marriage and civil union, how the theology and practice of marriage have developed in the Reformed and broader Christian tradition, the effects of current laws on same-gender partners and their children, and the place of covenanted same-gender partnerships in the Christian community.
The same General Assembly passed a resolution that would allow gay and lesbian candidates for ordination to conscientiously object the current requirement that clergy live in "fidelity within the covenant of marriage between and a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness."
The PC(USA) currently defines marriage as between a man and a woman but the 2.3 million-member denomination has been debating the issue of homosexuality for the past three decades.
"We acknowledge that our interpretations of Scripture lead us to different conclusions regarding homosexual behavior and same-gender partnerships," the committee wrote in its draft. "We all confess that Scripture holds out a transforming hope of radical change in Jesus Christ that requires us to be dead to sin and alive to all that is good. However, for some of us, that makes faithful, mutually loving, marriage-like unions of same-gender couples unacceptable; for others of us, that makes faithful, mutually loving, marriage-like unions of same-gender couples acceptable."
It's a "crisis of conscience" on all sides, the committee stated, and no simple compromises will solve the conflict.
The panel delayed making any recommendations on the conflict until after it receives feedback from the denomination in the coming months. But some of the recommendations they are considering, according to the Presbyterian News Service, include reaffirming the PC(USA)'s constitutional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman and advising ministers not to officiate at same-gender marriages even in states where they are legal.
A final report will be presented to the 2010 General Assembly.

 

[honorthesabbath]

Deleted a duplicate post--that was strange!

 

[Stryder06]

As it was in the days of Noe...

All we're seeing is prophecy being fulfilled. The children are acting just like their mother and whoring after strange gods.

 

[honorthesabbath]

A BIG AMEN to that Stryder!

 

[honorthesabbath]

I did not keep up ABC's Nightline and decided to see what had transpired with the "10 Commandments Week" they aired. Here is the presentation on the 4th commandment. It's as was expected.

Ten Commandments: To Keep Sabbath Holy, Chick FilA Closes on Sundays - ABC News

But I was pleasantly surprised to see many SDA's writing into the comments section about the truth of the Sabbath. God's people are speaking out!!

(Ten Commandments: To Keep Sabbath Holy, Chick FilA Closes on Sundays - ABC News)