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I am saddened and disappointed to see how the “Conservative Evangelical” position is so misrepresented.
God’s word tells us that “…He so loved the world that He gave His only Son…”  Why?  God sees that there is only one thing that separates mankind from Himself and only God can bring this fallen world back into a relationship with Him.
The one thing that separates us is sin.  The Bible doesn’t single out one sin; it states clearly “all have sinned.”  Society must understand that Christians share a gospel message that allows anyone who has sinned to turn from that sin to Christ’s sacrifice and find forgiveness.
How is this message of sacrifice and love so hated?  Because mankind would have their own pride keep them from humbling themselves before a God that so loved, that He gave.
You have the Rev. Byrd Tetzlaff so misquote Scripture; so it is no wonder people see that Church’s offer no answer.  She compared the Samaritans, who were outcasts by birth, not choice to the homosexuals of today.  They were a group half Gentile and half Jew and therefore not accepted by the Jews.
Just one Scripture passage explains our position, I Corinthians 6:9-12.  This passage lists a large group that is at odds with God.  But the apostle Paul says such “were some of you.”  Some left their chosen sin and found a loving God offering forgiveness.
For the church, the Christians in our society or anyone who understands that enough is enough as far as the slide of morals, we have to take a stand against “all sin” or we are doomed to repeat history.  Look to the “advanced” cultures in our past and see what their morals were like when their cultures crashed around them.
If God were tolerant, He would never have had to send His only Son to die for our sin, He just would have let us alone.  What kind of love would that have been?
Do you have joy in your life or have your choices, when admitted, left you empty and longing for a relationship with a loving God.
 
Respectfully Submitted,
Pastor John Sherley