"I believe that when we treat homosexual people as pariahs and push them outside our communities and churches; when we blame them for who they are; when we deny them our blessing on their commitment to lifelong, faithful relationships, we make them doubt whether they are children of God, made in his image."

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Source : "Stop treating gay people as pariahs, evangelical minister tells church" by Sam Jones, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2013.

Steve Chalke

#Children Quotes #Believe Quotes #Commitment Quotes

“The invincible weapon against all our enemies is humility.”
“I think something many of us grapple with are those times we dread the practice of writing, no matter the project.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The method of rule of the tyrant and the oligarch is quite simply to clobber, coerce, or overawe all or most other groups in the interest of their own.”

Source : Bernard Crick (1962). “In Defence of Politics”
“When the dream came into being, I always pursued it.”
“The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.”
“Fictions are necessary for the people, and the Truth becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in all its brilliance. In fact, what can there be in common between the vile multitude and sublime wisdom? The Truth must be kept secret, and the masses need a teaching proportioned to their imperfect reason.”
“No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate, and love is now.”
“When you have given yourself to Christ, leave yourself there, and go about your work as a child in His household.”

Source : Charles Seymour Robinson (1880). “Studies in the New Testament”

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