Sola Scriptura

This is what happens when traditions and the rule of man supplant the inherent authority of the Word of God and are used to lead the church; the complete compromise of biblical principle and acceptance of sin amongst God’s people.

Catholic bishops debate gay ministry

BALTIMORE - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is debating how parishes can be welcoming to gays while also upholding the teaching that gay relationships are "disordered."

The proposed guidelines before the bishops Tuesday, called "Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination," condemn discrimination against gays, acknowledge that many try to live faithfully and state that it's not a sin to be attracted to someone of the same gender. more…

Where is the debate? Why use an appeasing phrase like, “disordered?” God does not call homosexuality disordered, he calls it an abomination. It is not okay to have homosexual thoughts and not act on them, that’s just as bad! Jesus said if you look at a woman with lust in your eye then you have committed adultery with her in your heart; you do the math. It is the condition of our heart, the readiness of our soul that interests God, not merely our actions. If actions alone could save, we wouldn’t have needed Jesus, and the scribes would not have been denounced as a brood of vipers. Jesus came so that we might have life, and have it more abundantly. He wants us to be free from the sin that is eating away at us like a cancer. This infestation of pervasive thought among the Catholic leaders will ultimately be their undoing. Just as you would not ignore a cancerous growth, you cannot compromise with sin, you must not. Instead we are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, that though it has not yet been revealed how we will be, we know that when we stand in the presence of God, we will be like him. We cannot be like God if we desire to live in our sin more than we desire the things of God. Instead of trying to coddle the masses, mired in their sin, perhaps the church should try preaching the truth, as we promised, and letting God heal people, like he promised.