Would Jesus Discriminate?

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1. Newsletter December 2011
(About us/News)
... and John Tyler Connoley; Found Pearl Press: Indiana c2008 “This book is one of the best yet for Christians struggling to find a pro-gay understanding of Scripture. Short, clear, and amazingly easy ...
... the institute is affiliated, fall within the Christian faith, their interpretation of the scripture, Christian values and to what is referred to as ‘the Truth’, are not universal for all Christians. They ...
... which the institute is affiliated, fall within the Christian faith, their interpretation of the scripture, Christian values and to what is referred to as ‘the Truth’, are not universal for all Christians. ...
... meaning.  The students chose the Scripture for the service, Revelation 22:1-2, which talks about the Tree of Life bringing healing to the nations. The youth read scripture, gave the call to generosity, ...
... sure that the noble efforts outlined in this new strategy become reality in the United States and inspiration for the wider world community. --- The Scriptures remind us not only that people without a ...
6. MCC Headline News May 2010
(About us/News)
... to live at peace with God's great plan of diversity. O God, Ours is a long and complicated history as your people. Though the Scriptures of many traditions have often been used to fuel hatred and discrimination ...
... acknowledged that we are divided between two opinions. That is true. The difference can’t be papered over: Those who defend the closed door cannot open it without believing they betray Scripture. Those ...
8. MCC Impact July 2009 (2)
(About us/News)
... WJD campaign by participating in two training sessions and a follow-up meeting to help them better understand and communicate the Scripture supporting the campaign.    MCC Anchorage  ...
9. MCC Impact July 2009 (1)
(About us/News)
...  MCC Anchorage's (Alaska) pastor Norman Van Manen and Matthew Moak discussed the upcoming non discrimination referendum, the Matthew Shepherd Act, and homosexuality and the Scriptures for two hours on ...
10. MCC Impact May 2009 (2)
(About us/News)
... on the theological implications of Scripture, the context in which it was written, and the motivations behind passages that seem difficult and obscure is being featured at the Big Easy MCC (New Orleans, ...
11. Call Me By My True Names
(Spirituality/Word for Word)
... do actions of healing and justice, we do so in the spirit of persistent love and care. In Jewish scripture, there is a story of two women, Ruth and Naomi. In this sacred story, there are no celestial ...
12. An Easter Blessing
(Spirituality/Sermons)
... of the Trinity MCC, in Sarasota, Florida, helping to celebrate and serve communion at sunrise. I love arriving when it is still dark, as the scripture says, and we need artificial light to prepare. We ...
13. The Cross
(Spirituality/Sermons)
... of the Gospels. ...the queer reading of the scriptures is not progressive, but transgressive ... In reality, the cross is the attempt to kill once and for all the multiple resurrections of a queer Jesus, ...
14. Conversations at the Tomb
(Spirituality/Sermons)
... disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.   Then the disciples returned to ...
... extant in Nigeria. “Much discrimination exists and is promoted because of misunderstanding of the scriptures.  Often these distortions and the passions generated by them are passed along ...
... and lives of transgender, genderqueer and gender-variant people right on the pages of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. Hilarious and moving, Toscano deepened our understanding of well-known (and ...
... scriptures. Hilarious and moving, Toscano deepens well-known (and lesser-known) Bible stories as he presents an array of characters with an array of genders. Who are these transgender Bible heroes ...
18. How Great Our Joy
(Spirituality/Sermons)
Delivered by Rev. Nancy L. Wilson, Moderator Metropolitan Community Churches December 12, 2008 Gaudete Sunday, Sunshine Cathedral MCC, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Scripture 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18: Rejoice ...
19. MCC Reach December 2008
(About us/News)
... They were told that the Jewish Scriptures named Bethlehem as the place where the Messiah would be born. Herod cunningly told them to report back to him so that he could also "do him homage." ...
20. MCC Impact November 2008 (2)
(About us/News)
... queer reading connecting Scripture to everyday life. (back to top)   Church and Pastoral Anniversaries Germany celebrated MCC's 20th anniversary in that nation.  Rev. Elder ...
21. MCC Impact
(About us/News)
... into Existence, which explores the differences between the Catholic and Protestant Bibles, looks at how the Jewish community determined what books would be part of their scriptures, focuses on how the ...
22. I Cry Aloud to God
(Spirituality/Word for Word)
... in scripture of the people of God as Rachel, crying for her children with no one to comfort her. The harsh reality of religiously condoned violence and prejudice is that there have been times in every ...
... Hope MCC (Montgomery, Alabama) is beginning a Sunday School for their children. Three more Texas churches used Beach Party: Surfing through the Scriptures as their Vacation Bible School theme:  ...
... of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersexed (LGBTI) persons. Sexual orientation that does not fit into the understanding of narrow-minded, literalist and fundamental interpretations of scripture ...
... confess their wrongdoings and ask for God's forgiveness. The Scripture reference is found in Exodus 30:10 ; Leviticus 23:27-31 , 25:9 ; and Numbers 29:7-11 . Yom Kippur is observed with solemn ritual ...
... a Beach Party!  That was the theme of the Vacation Bible School at MCC Lubbock (Texas) where they "surfed through the Scriptures"!  To celebrate Children's Day in Mexico annually ICM Casa de ...
27. Experimenting with Christianities
(Spirituality/Word for Word)
... becomes a term of exciting possibilities. The flow of life from our Creator is likened to a river, to living water, in scripture. Imagine, if you will, a great waterfall like Mosi-oa-Tunya (the ...
28. Completed in One Another
(Spirituality/Word for Word)
... of entry. One of the best ways we bring scripture alive is through imagining ourselves in every aspect of the story—What might we have been thinking or feeling if we were the disciples, the crowd, or Jesus ...
29. Biblical Evidence
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
Can two people of the same sex live in committed, loving relationship with the blessing of God? As we grapple with this question, we will look at two sets of Scriptures: those that affirm gay and ...
30. No fems? No fairies? (1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and 1 Timothy 1:10)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... lesbians. Discussion: Another passage of Scripture sometimes used against gay people is 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, which reads as follows in the King James Version: “Know ye not that the unrighteous ...
31. What was the sin of Sodom? (Genesis 19 and Jude 7)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... his door. They demanded that Lot deliver the two men to them so they might “know them.” (Genesis 19:5) (The Hebrew word translated “know” in this passage is sometimes used in Scripture to mean sexual ...
32. Idol Worship and Rejection of God. (Romans 1:21-28)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... at his Christian school. For the next several years, he continued to remain celibate as he wrestled with Scripture and with his church’s teachings, trying to find out how he should live as a gay ...
33. David loved Jonathan more than women. (II Samuel 1:26)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... the earlier Scriptures in Leviticus. How is this possible? Apparently the author of 1 and 2 Samuel understood the Leviticus passage the same way we do, seeing it as a condemnation of Canaanite temple ...
34. The early church welcomed a gay man. (Acts 8:26-40)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... Nissinen states that “any eunuch attempting to join the Christian community would have had to deliberately ignore the Torah (Old Testament Jewish Scriptures), which forbade it.” Robin Scroggs, in The New ...
35. Ruth loved Naomi as Adam loved Eve. (Genesis 2:24, Ruth 1:14)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)
... form that type of intimate relationship with someone of their own gender? The Holy Spirit answers that question definitively in Ruth 1:14. There the Scriptures say -- without apology, embarrassment, or ...
... illustrating scientifc fact, two Harvard theologians deconstruct the scriptures (and the contextual meaning of ‘abomination’), and world experts, including our own Archbishop Tutu, express their ...
37. Shaking The Foundations!
(Spirituality/Sermons)
by The Reverend Nancy L. Wilson Delivered at The Fellowship's Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, on June 25, 2008. Scripture: Acts 16: 25-34 It is my joy and honor to be with brothers and sisters from ...
38. Joseph's Dreams
(Spirituality/Sermons)
...   In Matthew's gospel, Jesus is the new Moses, and Hebrew scripture references and allusions are everywhere. Like the Patriarch, this Joseph is a dreamer and his dreams have far reaching consequences ...
... team    Coordinate preachers/themes Worship leaders Communion coordination Scripture readers Music 2. Altar ministry Coordinate schedule for altar Communicate themes ...
... the anniversary of September 11.   Fourteen members of MCC Naples (Florida) spent the summer months (northern hemisphere) in Bible 101, an overview of Scripture. At the end of the course, they agreed ...
... Creation MCC (Columbus, Ohio) has created a weekly online chat group to share prayer concerns and praises and to study Scripture together. This technology will soon include classes, chats with the Pastor, ...
... that look outward, that look beyond themselves, are attracting a vibrant new generation of leadership and experiencing growth in their ministries.   Today's Hebrew Scripture is one of the stories ...
43. My Sheep Hear My Voice
(Spirituality/Sermons)
...    In this passage of scripture, Jesus speaks of himself as the "door of the sheep." He talks about the thief, and about thieves and "hirelings," who are failed shepherds. This ...
... through conflict, the role of all gender identities in leadership, and addressing both negative and positive scripture for all sexual orientations. Please send all resources to Rev. Karla Fleshman, Church ...
... hymns, Scripture, and Communion liturgy, they also had readings from the Jewish, Muslim, Unitarian, Native American, Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, and Earth-based religious traditions. The Praise Dancers of Resurrection ...
...  Do not cease storming the gates of heaven with your prayers. Remember our brothers and sisters in Jamaica in both your public and personal prayers. Let us follow the words of Scripture and "pray without ...
... in reading the Bible in 30 minutes and sowing foundational Scripture seeds on the site. Rev. Nancy Horvath-Zurn spoke recently at a Civitan meeting about the ministry of Healing Spirit MCC (Rochester, ...
... Rights Campaign's Out In Scripture commentary. Her contributions for the season of Lent can be found at www.hrc.org/scripture/season.asp#02-21-07 . Rev. Maria Luna-Wolfe is teaching a special class ...
... separates  differing opinions and moves into a realm that justifies violence against human beings who are created in God's image. His suggestion is eerily Mengelean.   The use of Scripture ...
... are truly "un-Anglican" at the core. We urge... the Anglican Communion to engage in rigorous, faithful, public conversation and education, and even debate, about sexuality, scripture, tradition and science, ...
51. OIA - For the Bible Tells Me So
(Calendar event/other)
...  illustrating scientifc fact, two Harvard theologians deconstruct the scriptures (and the contextual meaning of ‘abomination’), and world experts, including our own Archbishop Tutu, expres ...

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