CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 6, 2024
DELEGATES TO THE UNITED METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA VOTED 523-161 TO DROP THE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE AS EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN AND INSTEAD OPTED FOR THE WAY OF THE WORLD – ALLOWING MINISTERS TO BE PRACTICING HOMOSEXUALS AND PERFORM SAME SEX MARRIAGES. THEY DROPPED LANGUAGE SAYING HOMOSEXUAL PRACTICE ‘IS INCOMPATABLE WITH CHRISTIAN TEACHING.”
NOT ONLY METHODISTS, BUT BRANCHES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN, LUTHERAN AND OTHER DENOMINATIONS HAVE COMMITTED SIMILAR HERESIES. YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ FAR IN SCRIPTURE TO KNOW THAT HERESIES HAVE PERSISTED SINCE EARLY BIBLICAL TIMES. IT’S NOTHING NEW.
“A MAN MUST LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND CLEAVE TO HIS WIFE” SAYS GENESIS. JESUS REPEATS THAT VERSE.
METHODISTS – AND NOT ONLY METHODISTS – IGNORE THIS AND MUCH ELSE IN SCRIPTURE. IN JUDGES IT SAYS : “IN THOSE DAYS ISRAEL HAD NO KING; EVERYONE DID WHAT SEEMED RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES.” JOHN WROTE: “ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE A FRIEND OF THE WORLD CANNOT BE A FRIEND OF GOD.” THE METHODIST CHURCH HAS BEEN LOSING MEMBERS FOR YEARS. THIS LATEST HERESY WILL DRIVE MORE OUT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
Amen. Thanks for clarifying the UMC along with branches of other groups (some but not all Lutherans or Presbyterians). One minor correction. John did write a similar passage about not loving the world, but it was James who wrote that friendship with the world is enmity towards God. Incidentally it must be noted how Donald Trump recently hosted a gay wedding at his Maralago estate.
You are correct. I know that. Must have been a senior moment. See my column Tuesday and thanks again for writing