This is a continuation of Message ID:1596444 in News Chatter

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>>Actually I didn't look it up like you do. My reference to homophobia was based upon some of Rick's earlier messages in other threads.
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>I don't understand the phobia part. Do they really imply all those who disagree with homosexuality are scared of it? For xenophobia likewise.


I do not have homophobia. The Bible teaches that homosexuals will not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, and I teach the same. Tore has likened this to homophobia.

For the record: I used to be on a local board of a Gay PRIDE organization in Indianapolis. This was several years before I was a Christian, and was for a short time. I attended a Gay PRIDE convention in Philadelphia.

In the past I have had no problem being friends with gay people, and I have no issues being friends with gay people today. However, I warn all people in general about the nature of sin, and of eternal damnation. God explicitly calls homosexuality a "perversion" and an "abomination" (His words), and warns that no one who practices homosexuality will enter in to the Kingdom of Heaven. He tells men this so they can repent, and I warn men so they can repent. It is not homophobia, but rather looking at the long term aspects of our existence.

10 out of 10 people die, and there really is judgment coming on the other side of the grave. All of us are accountable to God. And the only way out of our condemnation is through repentance, and accepting the sacrifice God gave us to atone for our sins, the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, and His resurrection on the 3rd day. Apart from this, all men will enter in to Hell ... hence my continued preaching, and ongoing efforts to lead men toward repentance.

That is my position regarding homosexuality.