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Alistair Begg has been in pastoral ministry since 1975. Following graduation from The London School of Theology, he served eight years in Scotland at both Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh and Hamilton Baptist Church.
In 1983, he became the senior pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio. He has written several books and is heard daily and weekly on the radio program, Truth For Life. The teaching on Truth For Life stems from the week by week Bible teaching at Parkside Church.
He and his wife, Susan, were married in 1975 and they have three grown children.
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I'm not sure what this is supposed to say - has the message been left out? the bio of the pastor is interesting, but there should be a message, surely......
Thank you for this message. I am currently sitting on a committee at a UCC church in New England that wants to identify themselves as an ONA church. At present, I am the only person on the committe who believes/calls homosexuality a sin. Please pray that the Spirit will open the committee's eyes to see the truth in God's word, open their ears to hear it, and refresh their minds so that they may understand it.
This has got to be the most potent article yet in this series. The message is preached in love, in honesty, and offers a real and living hope for all those caught up in this web of biblical deception, and of lives not being lived to the full as God would desire. My heart weeps for those embroiled in it, and I will certainly add my prayers to those of the committee member poster above. I entreat all those involved as LGBT people to go somewhere quiet and meditate on this message with an open mind. I do believe those who encourage inclusion and acceptance are not helping.
Is it possible to be obedient to the word of God and still regard the rights for LGBT people to be justified even within church/army corps? Well...
It's all about interpretation, isn't it really?
We are many that have struggled over those questions over a great time.
Are we promoting a satanic cause?
Are we bewildered by the Evil one?
Over the years, I have met so many good hearted, well educated, Bible believing interpretators of the holy Scripture, that has challenged my own believes and shown that it actually is possible to be an advocate for LGBT individuals and... to be a follower of the word of God.
It's all about how you ... Interpret!
'It's all about how you ... Interpret!'
No - it's how you deny the transforming power of God. How can we limit God's power? We do it at our peril. Interpretation is subject to one's own wants and desires. His power is not.
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Just thought I would throw my comment in the pot too !!
My partner and I have been in a monogynous relationship for nearly five years and decided that we needed to find a Christian community that could embrace our sexuality positively. We looked around and eventually hooked into the local baptist church which clearly defined its equality and diversity policy on it's website and lives by its credo.
I have been really interested in the theological /moral debates that have taken place amongst other former officers . However , I wonder whether there has been any constructive dialogue with any of the current international leaders in the SA to lobby change ?
I recently attended a debate which was led by Steve Chalk. It was really interesting to see how he was able to balance his theological views on homosexuality in a way that created a sense of inclusion .
http://www.christianitymagazine.co.uk/.../stevechalke.aspx
The Bible and Homosexuality: Part One
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February 1, 2014 Christianity Columnist Steve Chalke calls for a new Christian understanding of homosexual relationships The government has announced that extending marriage to same-sex couples will ensure the ancient institution ?is relevant for our century.? Marriage, however, predates both state…
Dear Anonymous.
The readings and understanding of the living, holy word of God is always submitted to a level of interpretation.
We've got his holy Spirit to guide us through, but its our responsibility to recognize our limits of understanding. Even if you could read the ancient languages, you also have to count in the actual context.
Are you ready to "unchristian" all of those that oppose your view of understanding?
Well... I've been there my self in the quite younger version of my self.
An open mind doesn't have to mean openness for evilness.
Oh, how I love the army's penitent form. God is always ready to listen to our deepest regrets and confessions.
Kjell Edlund - I'm not 'unchristianising' all those who oppose my view of understanding, but it appears that you are. There is no possibility of 'resolving' this dispute for people who 'interpret' the Word - people have different levels of 'interpretation', and each of us will consider that we are right. There is no coming 'revelation' for those of us who oppose inclusion - we have already 'interpreted' and decided LGBT is wrong. Now that is a revelation from God Himself to us - who are you to say that is wrong? I believe inclusion is one of those happenings which occur in the end times, where people do not accept the doctrines which have stood the test of time, and that is corroborated in the new testament, as 'people with itching ears, who only listen to what they want to hear'. I'm happy with that view - I consider that God has revealed that to me - so please do not denigrate it. I consider myself just as enlightened as you consider yourself to be - just not in the same way. You all talk about ancient texts - suppose you were on a desert island with only your Bible - how could you call on 'ancient texts' to 'interpret' God's Word in the way you'd like it to go? You wouldn't have any ancient texts to guide you there - you'd just have the written word. 'Inclusion' is divisive - it can't be of God. But - we are all different, I just cannot agree with you. What is distasteful in this discussion is the lack of respect stated for people who don't go along the inclusive route. We are not people travelling in the dark - as I said, we believe we are as enlightened as you consider yourself to be - just not in the same way.
Dear Anonymous!
Of course you are right. We certainly have different perspectives.
And that is alright to me. I do respect other views than mine. And I'm not the one who should try to tell you "which level of Christianity" that are in you.
A sad thing, though, is that I quite often find that comments from those who try to defence a "conservative" form of Cristiandom, is rather... sorry to say... Aggressive... And that's not really promoting a fruitful discussion.
It's possible to agree on that we don't agree in I nice and polite way, don't you think?
Kjell Edlund - with respect, perhaps you could read some of Daryl Lach's comments again - I don't think they come more aggressive or intolerant than that.
You might be right there... Although I tend to agree with Daryl's views, some humility might be advised.
So - we all perhaps should be more thoughtful about our expressions.
As for my self, I do confess I'm not always following my own good intentions... truly sorry for that!
Thank you, Kjell Edlund. God bless you.
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