.
“But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not
the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any
person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I
require at the watchman’s hand.” [Ezekiel 33:6]
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” [Ephesians 6:12]
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In a 22 August 2017 The Australian article by Presbyterian Church of Australia (PCoA)
Moderator-General John P. Wilson titled “Will We Still Be Free to Have Our Own
Opinions of Same-Sex Marriage?”, Pastor Wilson addresses proposed
changes to the Marriage Act that legalize homosexual marriage.
Pastor Wilson begins:
“Marriage,
as defined today between a man and a woman, is the best way for Australian
society to flourish. It has been the foundation of stable societies since time
immemorial and is central to the raising of the next generation.”
Wilson, referring to Marriage
Act change proponents’ promises that “clergy will be afforded legal protections
for counselling, officiating and speaking with respect to weddings,” asks:
“However,
would this prevent ministers and evangelists such as Campbell Markham and David
Gee from being hauled before the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner
when one referred to same-sex marriage in a blog and the other in a street
meeting in Hobart?”
Wilson expresses similar
concerns about government school teachers that conscientiously object to
teaching the validity of homosexual marriage, for PCoA affiliated schools, for
chaplains, and for ordinary Australian citizens.
Wilson concludes:
“I
urge all Australians to recognise marriage as the fundamental institution of
society, which is not ours to change on a whim. Even if all Australians cannot
do so for explicitly religious reasons, at least let us recognise that this is
a divisive issue for non-churchgoers as well, many of whom do not want to be
silenced on such a socially significant matter.”
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug.
23, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Frank Wright, President & Chief
Executive Officer at D. James Kennedy Ministries (DJKM), announced that DJKM
filed suit today in the United States District Court against the Southern
Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
The lawsuit alleges, among
other things, that the SPLC illegally trafficked in false and misleading
descriptions of the services offered by DJKM and committed defamation against
DJKM arising from the publication and distribution of false information that
libels the ministry's reputation and subjects the ministry to disgrace,
ridicule, odium, and contempt in the estimation of the public.
In a statement released
today, Dr. Wright said: "We embarked today on a journey to right a
terrible wrong. Those who knowingly label Christian ministries as 'hate'
groups, solely for subscribing to the historic Christian faith, are either
woefully uninformed or willfully deceitful. In the case of the Southern Poverty
Law Center, our lawsuit alleges the latter."
Wright went on to say:
"These false and illegal characterizations have a chilling effect on the
free exercise of religion and on religious free speech for all people of faith.
After having given the SPLC an opportunity to retract, we have undertaken this
legal action, seeking a trial by a jury of our peers, to preserve our own
rights under the law and to defend the religious free speech rights of all
Americans."
About DJKM: D. James Kennedy Ministries is a Christian
media ministry that seeks to communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ through
every available electronic medium. Its four-fold mission is: 1) to proclaim the
good news of the Gospel throughout the Earth; 2) to teach and nurture Christ's
followers; 3) to equip and encourage believers to live out their faith; and 4)
to defend religious liberty, encouraging believers to lovingly engage the
culture with the heart and mind of Jesus Christ.
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