Lord of the Rings Film Star Rips Out Bible Pages That Speak Against Homosexuality

The Lord of the Rings star, Ian McKellen, has admitted to removing the pages of the Bible that speak against homosexuality. He has admitted publicly to doing this since 2004.

The verse that he says he does not like is Leviticus 18:22, "'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination." He says that he does not like the verse or the fact that the punishment for it was death. He says, "I think it's rather obscene and pornographic, and shouldn't be there, so I remove it."

This is so absolutely ludicrous. Does he think that by removing those pages that God's word is changed and that all of the sudden homosexuality is okay? In the article he says that others do it too, and send him the pages as proof.

Mr. McKellen and all of you others who vandalize the Word of God:
I have news for you. God does not change. You do not change the Bible or anything in it by tearing out pages or parts you do not like. Homosexuality is still wrong! How are the words in the Bible "obscene and pornographic"? The act of homosexuality is what is obscene and pornographic!

The Bible still says the following, and it always will:
1 Cor 6:9 "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals"
1 Tim 1:9-10 "realizing the fact that (civil) law is not made for a righteous man, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers"
Rom 1:26-27 "For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error."

Technorati Tags: homosexuality, Ian McKellen, christian, christianity, homosexual, Gandalf, Bible, Jesus, truth, news, Lord of the Rings

Transgender Pastor in the United Methodist Church

"Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors."

This is the slogan for the United Methodist Church. It has really bothered me for some time now. Now that the United Methodist Church has decided it needs to put transgender issues on its Judicial Council's fall docket, I decided it was time to blog about it.

Here is an excerpt from the article about the transgender Pastor.

At this year’s Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference in late May, Bishop John R. Schol reappointed the Rev. Drew Phoenix as pastor of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Baltimore. Phoenix, 48, had been minister at St. John’s for five years as the Rev. Ann Gordon. After surgery and hormone therapy in the past year, the pastor changed his gender to male and adopted a new name.

So why are they even having to "consider" what to do about this situation? This is clearly perversion. Anyway, back to the "Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors." According to the Bible we are not called to have open minds, but rather to have "the mind of Christ".

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
“For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” 1 COR 2:9-16

If we have the mind of Christ we do not have to be tolerant to the things of this world. God gave us a standard, and that standard is the Bible. If anything goes against that standard, we do not have to "like" or be tolerable of it. Yes, God loves the sinner, but He does not love the sin. It is His will that sinners come to the saving knowledge of Christ and repent and turn away from their sins. EVERYONE WILL BE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS GOD SET. I urge anyone involved with the United Methodist Church to get away from such perversion, and to not be a part of it.

Technorati Tags: heresy, transgender, christian, christianity, church, religion, Bible, Jesus, truth, news, Methodist

Christians Call God "Allah" ?

A Bishop from the Netherlands is urging Christians to call God "Allah" to ease religious tensions. How ludicrous is that? I find that name for God nowhere in my Bible. Muslims and Christians DO NOT WORSHIP THE SAME GOD! This is yet another example of a "Christian" wanting to compromise for the sake of unity. I put Christian in quotation marks because I would have to question whether or not someone willing to call Jehovah God, the God of the Bible, "Allah", is a true believer or not. I've said it many many times before and I will say it again, WHEN JESUS PRAYED FOR UNITY HE WANTED UNITY WITH THE FATHER FIRST. Those who are in unity with the Father are automatically in unity with each other! Someone who is willing to call the ONE true God, the God of the Bible, "Allah" is not in unity with the Father and the Son and I will not even attempt to be in unity with them!

Unity obtained by compromise is not true unity!


Technorati Tags: heresy, Muslim, christian, christianity, church, religion, Bible, Jesus, truth, news, Allah

Free Speech Being Attacked By Liberals

Only a SINGLE VOTE halted a resolution condemning "hate speech" in San Francisco! This is a BIG problem. Thank God for that single vote, but this just shows the world we are living in today. This resolution was aimed at Michael Savage for his criticism of illegal aliens in the United States. A third generation San Franciscan Ed Jew turned in the veto vote, after getting up and affirming Savage's First Amendment right to express his opinion. It is important to understand that the next thing they will want to attack is Christians who speak out against such things as homosexuality.

For Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval to even suggest that Savage expressing his opinions about illegal immigrants is hate speech is absolutely absurd! There is a war against talk radio going on in America right now. The liberals are trying to put a stop to such talkers as Rush Limbaugh and Savage. You can read more about it here.

If Christians and other conservative Americans do not take a stand, the liberals are going to try to silence any and all speech that goes against their liberal beliefs. Michael Savage is merely exercising his First Amendment rights when he speaks out against illegal immigrants. Just as I am exercising my First Amendment rights when I say that homosexuality is wrong, or that gay marriage is wrong. I don't "hate" anyone.

I believe this is all just another chapter in the story of good vs. evil. We must take a stand for what we know is right, no matter what!

Technorati Tags: love, marriage, christian, christianity, church, religion, Bible, Jesus, Rush Limbaugh, truth, news, Sandoval, illegal immigration, immigration, Michael Savage, First Amendment, free speech