re: Does your church practice church discipline?

Sounds like I hit a nerve. Sorry about that.

I didn’t say anything about you doing any of that. However, your words tell me that you are very misaligned with the Word so I was trying to be helpful.

For the record, I don’t belong to a Church right now and haven’t for decades. I couldn’t tell you the name of any pastors, preachers, or priests within 50 miles of me (except for a retired neighbor).

We don’t get a heaven through works and I don’t care about any man’s resume in this regard. However your attitudes are very self-centered and very assured. That’s a dangerous combination.

Peace to you.

Non-denominational so it doesn't really matter because it's not church anyways. Gay is morally wrong, so show him the door.

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I'm certain I've learned more about my connection to God through my church than listening to some dude tell me his version of the Word. And how even though Christianity has been modified and interpreted by millions of biased preachers since it's inception, HIS way is the RIGHT way.

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So is the answer is to ignore all teaching? If you truly want to have a relationship with God and to seek his will for your life you would study his word. This is more difficult if you believe every single teacher is wrong. If you are not just being rebellious, make it a point to read and study. Though it is more difficult if you discount every single commentary or sermon, you can begin with buying a Strong’s Concordance and look up every single word in the Bible to see what the original Greek or Hebrew word was and an example of it’s use. It is difficult, but doable, or you can listen to some excellent teachers that have done the hard part for you. Read the Bible yourself to make sure they are accurate in their teaching. Will your reason for being ignorant of God’s instructions and individual purpose be acceptable to him when you are no longer on this earth? Is it acceptable to tell him you thought everyone was biased so you went fishing instead? “Coach I didn’t read or study the play book but you should let me on the team anyway” won’t be a good response. Be teachable and seek truth, put effort into it.

Church discipline is a tricky thing and can lead to a fracturing of the Church because the Church is made of imperfect people. The minute you hold someone else’s sin as worse than yours then you are going down a very slippery slope. The examples in the Bible were implemented by men who were far more pious than virtually every Christian on the planet today and even they were cautious about it why is why it is rarely mentioned. IF you disfellowship another person and cause them to fall away then you are just as guilty as they are. If his homosexuality doesn’t convict him to change his ways then shunning him is just going to solidify his positions

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They are subjective if you are cognitively dissonant. Pretty sure the Bible outlines what constitutes these sins in black and white terms.

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You're totally changing the argument to be a contrarian. You, or the Church, will have a much more difficult time proving greed or pridefulness than someone in a same-sex "marriage". Just because someone is rich doesn't mean they are greedy. Your interpretation of someone's actions doesn't mean you are correct (that is what I meant by subjective). In many ways you would have to be in someone's head to prove they're leading a life of, say, pridefulness.

I’m sure they wouldn’t mind outing themselves, but you must have an opinion about those two Churchs. Please share so I can consider the information in my soon-to-be search for a Church family.

Live Oak Church and Pastor Mark Crosby (had to look that up) were recommended to me recently.

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If his homosexuality doesn’t convict him to change his ways then shunning him is just going to solidify his positions

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And that is exactly what scriptures tell us to do for those who are unrepentant and call themselves Christians.

No one is perfect. Everyone sometimes walks too close to the edge of the road next to the ditch and may occasionally slip into the mud. If you aren’t a pig, you will realize you shouldn’t be in the mud and will desire to get out and to be clean again. Stay away from the edge of the road and you won’t find yourself in the mud.

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My brother is a Deacon at a non-denominational

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So is it against your church or not to suck dick? Simple question.

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Are there doctors that are incompetent or only in it for the money? Does that mean you avoid all doctors or do you seek out those that are looking out for your well being?

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This guy is the epitome of hypocritically judging others.

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Nobody thought to turn off the livestream and it was pretty wild.

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I wish that was archived somewhere.