Guest Butero Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Years ago, I worked at a gospel radio station, and we sponsored a gospel sing. There was a minister that invited one of the groups to sing at their AM service the next day. It came out that this group was smoking dope in their bus after the concert, so he cancelled their appearance. They were angry because it was already scheduled, but it was a matter of principle. These kind of things are conscience issues on the part of the church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatingaxe Posted August 10, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 9,613 Content Per Day: 1.45 Reputation: 656 Days Won: 9 Joined: 03/11/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/31/1952 Share Posted August 10, 2014 The man deserves a funeral, but in a church? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 A funeral is no place for a political statement- but its a great place for a salvation message. The man deserves a funeral, but in a church? Kind Of Brings To Mind Dear Lonnie Frisbee If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Frisbee I Still Love That Man But Then Again Who Am I If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 1 John 1:8-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted August 10, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 So how do you do a service in this case? The husband would expect to be mentioned. Should the church which does not condone gay marriage be forced to acknowledge such a thing? Can they give a beautiful funeral for the friends and family if they pretend the man was not married? How do they address his gay lifestyle, his husband, his friends etc? I can see pros and cons to having and not having this funeral in the church. It was not an easy thing for the church. Pretty much a lose-lose situation. I also do not see how they could have used it as a witness. The husband would likely have been offended by it. I can see this being used by the pro homosexuality lawyers to force churches to serve the gay population with anything they want, to deny the churches the right of refusal to perform gay marriages, gay funerals etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy and love Posted August 10, 2014 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 76 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 5 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/31/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted August 10, 2014 Gay or not, we are all children of God and all need love. I think it's wrong what they did. I don't think Jesus would do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatingaxe Posted August 10, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 9,613 Content Per Day: 1.45 Reputation: 656 Days Won: 9 Joined: 03/11/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/31/1952 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Gay or not, we are all children of God and all need love. I think it's wrong what they did. I don't think Jesus would do so. The truth is that we are all God's creation, but not all are His children. Only those who become part of His FAMILY through faith in His Son, Jesus, have the privilege to be called the children of God. Funerals can be held anywhere, but the funerals of people who are not believers can easily be held at the funeral home, and not a church that uses its premises to worship God and to bring glory to Him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted August 10, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,073 Content Per Day: 7.55 Reputation: 27,823 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted August 10, 2014 Gay or not, we are all children of God and all need love. I think it's wrong what they did. I don't think Jesus would do so. The truth is that we are all God's creation, but not all are His children. Only those to become part of His FAMILY through faith in His Son, Jesus, have the privilege to be called the children of God. Funerals can be held anywhere, but the funerals of people who are not believers can easily be held at the funeral home, and not a church that uses its premises to worship God and to bring glory to Him. while that is true, Gods Children should honor their commitments.... even when they decide they should not have made them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatingaxe Posted August 10, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 9,613 Content Per Day: 1.45 Reputation: 656 Days Won: 9 Joined: 03/11/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/31/1952 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Gay or not, we are all children of God and all need love. I think it's wrong what they did. I don't think Jesus would do so. The truth is that we are all God's creation, but not all are His children. Only those to become part of His FAMILY through faith in His Son, Jesus, have the privilege to be called the children of God. Funerals can be held anywhere, but the funerals of people who are not believers can easily be held at the funeral home, and not a church that uses its premises to worship God and to bring glory to Him. while that is true, Gods Children should honor their commitments.... even when they decide they should not have made them. I don't believe the pastor in this case was apprised of the whole truth of the situation. Despite that, a change of mind based on doing some serious consideration of the situation was warranted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevenseas Posted August 10, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,373 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 683 Days Won: 22 Joined: 02/28/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted August 10, 2014 Gay or not, we are all children of God and all need love. I think it's wrong what they did. I don't think Jesus would do so. As nice as that may sound to say, it is not so. God is not a father to those who are in flagrant disobedience to His word and have not become His children through faith in Christ Jesus His Son. Jesus does not, never has and would not condone sin. Homosexuality is sin. How is it loving to support a sinful lifestyle? The Bible does not support a homosexual lifestyle; rather, homosexuals who desire to continue in sin, improvise scritpure that they twist to support their sin and ignore scripture that decries their practices. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Galatians 6:7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted August 10, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,703 Content Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 8,520 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/27/1985 Share Posted August 10, 2014 How is a funeral-going to bring that gay man to heaven? It won't. That's foolishness. It can however plant seeds in everyone who attended the service. If we refuse to preach a funeral of a unrepentant sinner-then we should just say no to all funerals of anyone who isn't saved. I mean seriously if were to good to keep our word-and preach the gospel at a funeral to those that need it-how are we supposed to reach the world for Christ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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