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Politician abuses pro-marriage pastor over homosexual marriage

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Kevin Rudd (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The Australian Courier Mail is reporting: LABOR won't win another election unless it learns from Kevin Rudd's astonishing performance on Monday's Q&A. Want to understand Labor's fall? Then watch the Prime Minister abuse a pastor for holding an opinion on same-sex marriage which Rudd shared only four months ago. That Rudd also trashed the Bible - holy book of the faith he ostentatiously professes - made him seem even more cynical and unprincipled. What a metaphor for Labor's six years in office. Matt Prater , a New Hope Church pastor and Christian broadcaster, was in the ABC's Q&A audience and asked Rudd about his decision in May to support same-sex marriage. Said Prater: "Most of the listeners and callers we have had in our radio station have been saying they won't be voting for you because . . . you seem to keep chopping and changing your beliefs just to get a popular vote with regards to thin

Politician trashes Bible abuses pastor to support homosexual marriage

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English: Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) LABOR won't win another election unless it learns from Kevin Rudd's astonishing performance on Monday's Q&A. Want to understand Labor's fall? Then watch the Prime Minister abuse a pastor for holding an opinion on same-sex marriage which Rudd shared only four months ago. That Rudd also trashed the Bible - holy book of the faith he ostentatiously professes - made him seem even more cynical and unprincipled. What a metaphor for Labor's six years in office. Matt Prater , a New Hope Church pastor and Christian broadcaster, was in the ABC's Q&A audience and asked Rudd about his decision in May to support same-sex marriage. Said Prater: "Most of the listeners and callers we have had in our radio station have been saying they won't be voting for you because . . . you seem to keep chopping and changing your beliefs just to get a popular vote with regards to things

Pastor questions Christian politician support for gay ‘marriage’

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SYDNEY, Australia , Sept. 4, 2013 - When Australian pastor and Christian broadcaster Matt Prater responded to an email from the Australian Broadcasting Commission 's  Q&A  programme, little did he know that his question to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd would be echoed in news bulletins both nationally and internationally.  As the defining moment of the entire show, the  official YouTube clip  of his question has already eclipsed 375,000 views. Q&A  is a discussion panel show that gives the public an opportunity to put questions to influential figures such as politicians.  Conservatives are usually a minority on the panels and pundits argue that half the audience is people watching to see if their tweets are put to air.  In this episode Kevin Rudd was the sole occupant of the panel, taking all questions. Knowing in advance that he was going to be able to ask a question, Prater put a number of options to the audience of his breakfast show on the Christian  Vi

Christian politician bullies pastor on homosexual marriage

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rudd (Photo credit: weldonwk ) Eternity Newspaper  have an interview with the questioner Matt Prater   here  and a transcript of the above scene  here . Elsewhere  Sandy Grant has written an excellent response  to Rudd’s ridiculous claim that “the Bible also says that slavery is a natural condition” (2:26 in the video above). I won’t write more about that except to quote Sandy: I am appalled at how this national leader, publicly claiming “an informed conscience and a Christian conscience”, misrepresented the Holy Book of the faith he confesses, on its teaching on one matter (slavery) to avoid its teaching on another matter (of marriage), in order to justify his abandonment of that biblical teaching. It is naïve in the extreme—just a poor reading strategy—to assume an endorsement of an institution or activity, simply because it is recorded without particular narrative assessment at one point, or because it is regulated—for what might be called harm-minimisation , or an e

Christian politician rejects Christ accepts immoral homosexual marriage

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Stained glass at St John the Baptist's Anglican Church http://www.stjohnsashfield.org.au, Ashfield, New South Wales. Illustrates Jesus' description of himself "I am the Good Shepherd" (from the Gospel of John, chapter 10, verse 11). This version of the image shows the detail of his face. The memorial window is also captioned: "To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of William Wright. Died 6th November, 1932. Aged 70 Yrs." (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Sandy Grant has written an excellent response  to Rudd’s ridiculous claim that “the Bible also says that slavery is a natural condition” (2:26 in the video above). I won’t write more about that except to quote Sandy: I am appalled at how this national leader, publicly claiming “an informed conscience and a Christian conscience”, misrepresented the Holy Book of the faith he confesses, on its teaching on one matter (slavery) to avoid its teaching on another matter (of marriage), in order to justify his

Marriage Equality Politicians and Jesus

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“ For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women…” ( Rom. 1:26–27 ). -  Romans 1:18–32 What was the Lord ’s view of homosexual behavior and how we should treat those enslaved to it? Do we simply agree with people like Obama, Kevin Rudd , David Cameron ? To call homosexual behavior a sin is to stand against powerful forces in our society. Acts that used to be a source of shame are now openly celebrated throughout the world. The so-called “ Gay Rights Movement ,” with the help of many mainline churches, multi-national corporations, politicians, educators, and judges, has been very successful in promoting homosexuality as an acceptable, if not laudable, part of society. When Scripture and culture disagree, we must stand with God’s Word. Homosexual behavior is clearly condemned in the Bible.  Leviticus 18:22  and  1 Corinthian

Christian politician rejects God, Jesus, Apostle Paul the Bible on homosexuality

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Rudd's Bullying Moment and ignorant scripture moment Some have accused him of bullying but others have hailed Kevin Rudd's fiery response to a Christian pastor as "the answer of the century" and a "historic moment" in Australian politics. His answer was no smack down but that of an ignorant bully abusing scripture, while claiming to be a Christian whereas in reality he is liberal and does not believe Jesus, God, the Bible, the A pestle Paul However, Rudd's answer was biblically wrong, accusing God of sinning, inferring that the Apostle Paul was wrong on a range of issues, dismissing Jesus comments on marriage, ignoring moral truths from the Old Testament that is repeated and reinforced back in the New Testament. He simply repeated the Metropolitan Gay Community Church and Freedom2b homosexual groups who twist scripture to support their immoral depraved lifestyle. The Prime Minister's arrogant ill informed abusive three-minute answer to a New Hope C