Matthew's Journal

Dr Nazir-Ali, bishop of Rochester, says to the Telegraph about those Christians who think homosexual relations are OK "We believe that God has revealed his purpose about how we are made. People who depart from this don’t share the same faith. They are acting in a way that is not normative according to what God has revealed in the Bible. The Bible’s teaching shows that marriage is between a man and a woman. That is the way to express our sexual nature." At the FoCA meeting a week or so back, John Broadhurst, bishop of Fulham said "I now believe Satan is alive and well and he resides at Church House".

I find this attitude rather astonishing. Christians disagree on a range of important issues like stem cell research, abortion, whether war is ever justified, how to deal with poverty, etc. without anyone suggesting seriously that we should schism over them. And yet if you disagree as to whether homosexual relationships are sinful or not, you're not a Christian? It makes you wonder what our collective priorities are :-(


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