December 11, 2008
I canceled my Newsweek subscription today newsweekcover.jpg I canceled my Newsweek subscription today. They get to return $84 dollars to me in the mail which I think I'll give to someone who needs it more than I. I've been a subscriber since 1993 and a tolerant one at that - we all know they don't even bother concealing the bias anymore - the Obamania this past fall was nauseating. I know religious devotion and worship when I see it and this was clearly that. But one glance at the issue that showed up in my mailbox today and I knew this would be my last. You can read the cover yourself and the <http://www.newsweek.com/id/172653/page/1>article here. When I was looking around for a graphic of the cover to plop in the post here I discovered that the Wall Street Journal today is reporting that <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122902553783299119.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>Newsweek<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122902553783299119.html?mod=googlenews_wsj> is cutting staff because of its weakening financial position. Idiots. Do you think they will figure out why they are losing readership? Neither do I. They are pushing an agenda regardless of the bottom line. Though you won't find them hanging on my wall, I do have degrees from reputable seminaries. I'm telling you only so this next comment carries more credibility - there is no religious case for gay marriage. Pro-gay theology is a strong delusion in religious circles today but you only get there by doing violence to the sacred text. And I'm not going to shift my focus in this blog to debating that with any of you - if you want a solid read that backs up my statement <http://www.amazon.com/Gay-Gospel-Pro-Gay-Advocates-Misread/dp/0736918345>here you go. To date I've not devoted one post in this blog to homosexuality, nor is there a sentence until now that the gay community could interpret as a jab. The haters will surely fire back at me now but there are a number of gay people in our church who will tell you I'm not a hater. Yesterday was "call in gay day" at work. The reports I've seen say it didn't amount too much. Apparently it was to show America how much we depend on gay people everyday. Until somebody told me that, at first I honestly I didn't get it. We call in sick to work when we are sick - to call in gay seemed to me an admission that it's a sickness. Yet, I don't think it's a sickness, it's more a brokenness and God loves and is inclined to the broken. As many gay people as I've angered so far in this post, there are surely Christians reading this wondering how I could be okay with gay people in our church. Some weekends I'll admit I'm surprised they keep coming back - especially when I was talking a couple years ago about the need for a federal marriage amendment. But the message at Church at the Gate isn't anti-gay. It's pro-God and all I ask is for everyone who comes to be open to God touching whatever part of their life he wants to touch that day - and I promise not to push God's timing on when he chooses to touch certain areas or issues in a person's life - I'm just working hard at creating an atmosphere where God is free to move and people feel loved and welcomed. What I'm not doing is what Newsweek is doing this week, changing the Bible to endorse however people want to live. Churches that are doing this are empty. Magazines that are doing this are cutting staff. People want <http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=8&verse=32&version=31&context=verse>truth. <*}}}>< <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/please%20donate.html>Donations are needed and very much appreciated <*}}}>< <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Kingdom!<*}}}>< Lord, may everything we do begin with Your inspiration and continue with Your help, so that all our prayers and works may begin in You and by You be happily ended. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. <*}}}>< <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/please%20donate.html>Donations are needed and very much appreciated <*}}}>< <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Kingdom!<*}}}>< Lord, may everything we do begin with Your inspiration and continue with Your help, so that all our prayers and works may begin in You and by You be happily ended. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire May the blessing of Jesus and our Blessed Mother be with you -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
