Chairman of Joint Chiefs Stands Against Homosexuality & Adultery
This from FoxNews; the story is here:
'WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday he considers homosexuality to be immoral and the military should not condone it by allowing gay personnel to serve openly, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Marine Gen. Peter Pace likened homosexuality to adultery, which he said was also immoral, the newspaper reported on its Web site.
"I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way," Pace told the newspaper in a wide-ranging interview.
Pace, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, said he based his views on his upbringing....'
Gay advocate groups are calling for General Pace to apologize for his 'hateful' comments. We are not called to apologize for the commandments of God, or the calling to which we follow. 'For I am not ashamed of the gospel,' Paul wrote, 'for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "But the righteous man shall live by faith."' (Rom. 1:16-17, NAS)
We need to stand up and declare that we won't back down. There is a war waging, and our side has been silent far too long. Left-wing led media in print and television have diseased our way of thinking and sewn our lips shut with 'religious tolerance.' As I heard a preacher once say, "Tolerance is not me accepting you for who you are. Tolerance is me not killing you for what you do." We are to love gays and lesbians, just as we love our friends and family. We are all sinners, and all of us need the grace and salvation of God through Christ. Let us speak out, correct the wrong and educate the ignorant. Let the words of Christ be the salve on the hardened hearts, softening them to the clay the potter can mold. I love the passage in Jeremiah 18:
'The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying, "Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I shall announce My words to you." Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make. Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, "Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?" declares the Lord. "Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel."' (Jer. 18:1-6, NAS)
We all have been remade in the hands of the potter. Let us not forget He shapes us into what pleases Him.
Here is the website for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, specifically the Chairman's page. Drop him an email telling him how you support what he stands for, and give him reasons to back his claims. I already have, and even if he doesn't receive it, perhaps someone in his staff will read it and be strengthened or at least made curious and want to explore more. In the famed lines of Galaxy Quest: "Never give up! Never surrender!" With the faith of a mustard seed we can pick up mountains and throw them into the depths of the ocean.
Simply believe, and you will achieve.
God bless you all. †
Et unam, sanctam, cathólicam et apostólicam Ecclésiam.
Confíteor unum baptísma in remissiónem peccatorum.
Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum,
et vitam ventúri sæculi. Amen.
'WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday he considers homosexuality to be immoral and the military should not condone it by allowing gay personnel to serve openly, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Marine Gen. Peter Pace likened homosexuality to adultery, which he said was also immoral, the newspaper reported on its Web site.
"I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way," Pace told the newspaper in a wide-ranging interview.
Pace, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, said he based his views on his upbringing....'
Gay advocate groups are calling for General Pace to apologize for his 'hateful' comments. We are not called to apologize for the commandments of God, or the calling to which we follow. 'For I am not ashamed of the gospel,' Paul wrote, 'for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "But the righteous man shall live by faith."' (Rom. 1:16-17, NAS)
We need to stand up and declare that we won't back down. There is a war waging, and our side has been silent far too long. Left-wing led media in print and television have diseased our way of thinking and sewn our lips shut with 'religious tolerance.' As I heard a preacher once say, "Tolerance is not me accepting you for who you are. Tolerance is me not killing you for what you do." We are to love gays and lesbians, just as we love our friends and family. We are all sinners, and all of us need the grace and salvation of God through Christ. Let us speak out, correct the wrong and educate the ignorant. Let the words of Christ be the salve on the hardened hearts, softening them to the clay the potter can mold. I love the passage in Jeremiah 18:
'The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying, "Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I shall announce My words to you." Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make. Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, "Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?" declares the Lord. "Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel."' (Jer. 18:1-6, NAS)
We all have been remade in the hands of the potter. Let us not forget He shapes us into what pleases Him.
Here is the website for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, specifically the Chairman's page. Drop him an email telling him how you support what he stands for, and give him reasons to back his claims. I already have, and even if he doesn't receive it, perhaps someone in his staff will read it and be strengthened or at least made curious and want to explore more. In the famed lines of Galaxy Quest: "Never give up! Never surrender!" With the faith of a mustard seed we can pick up mountains and throw them into the depths of the ocean.
Simply believe, and you will achieve.
God bless you all. †
Et unam, sanctam, cathólicam et apostólicam Ecclésiam.
Confíteor unum baptísma in remissiónem peccatorum.
Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum,
et vitam ventúri sæculi. Amen.
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I wouldn't use Romans as a proof text for te context you've created. The gospel is hardly equivalent to condemning homosexuality. It is the good news that Jesus is now king of the world, and that it is the power of salvation to everyone, including people who are living an immoral life. It is the good news that they can now be free from that slavery. -
Ironically, the Joint Chiefs of Staff represents one of the principalities and powers that that Jesus' Kingship overthrows.
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Very true. And I also agree that the passage I used in Romans doesn't condemn homosexuality but promotes the gift of grace, but I argue that in order to promote change in a life one must take stands; albeit most people use their own moral judgment for their stand on issues, but we as Christians have one who has stated His will, and in it comes the freedom from lives of sin--which I would argue promotes the codemnation of sin, not the sinner. Does that make sense?
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