A Form of Godliness
1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! 2 Timothy 3
1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron... 1 Timothy 4
A Form of Godliness and Departing from the Faith
Schism in Lutheran church raises scriptural, financial concerns
06/02/2011 19:17
PostGazette:
For the Elderton Lutheran Parish, the national church's 2009 vote to permit some gay clergy appeared to be a final sign that the denomination had pulled up its biblical roots. Last winter it left the 4.5 million-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for a new Lutheran...
Minister Resigns After Church Vote for Gay Clergy
06/01/2011 18:48
CP:
An experienced Church of Scotland minister has announced his resignation in response to last week’s controversial General Assembly vote, which moved the Presbyterian Church towards the ordination of gay clergy.
The Rev. Andrew Coghill, who has ministered at Leurbost Church in Lochs,...
Local United Methodist Church Conference OKs Same-Sex Unions
06/01/2011 18:41
CP:
Local members of the United Methodist Church have approved a resolution May 28, 2011 to allow pastors to perform same-sex union and ceremonies in jurisdictions which have approved gay marriage laws.
The potentially historic resolution, which was put before the annual ...
Conservative Movement Ordains First Openly Gay Rabbi
05/30/2011 12:21
VJ:
The Conservative movement ordained its first openly gay rabbi during ceremonies at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.
Rachel Isaacs, 28, was ordained at JTS on May 19. She told the Forward that she began her rabbinical training at the Reform movement's Hebrew Union...
Church of England in Bitter Fight Over Allowing Gay Men to Become Bishops
05/26/2011 08:59
Urban Christian News:
A meeting of Church of England bishops in York this week has broken up without agreement on whether gay clergy should ever be allowed to be chosen for promotion to bishoprics.
The leadership of the established church remains tied in knots over how far it can...
New York Man Spends Life Savings Ahead of May 21 Doomsday
05/17/2011 22:14
FoxNews:
A New York man spent his entire $140,000 life savings advertising his prediction that the world will end May 21, the New York Post reported Friday.
Robert Fitzpatrick, a 60-year-old Staten Island resident, said he spent at least that sum on 1,000 subway-car placards and ads on bus...
Will Jesus return on May 21, 2011 as Harold Camping predicts?
05/13/2011 08:24
From Lamb and Lion Ministries:
US Christian group warns Palestinians of apocalypse
05/13/2011 07:11
Ma'an News:
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- At least half a dozen billboards recently went up across the West Bank warning Palestinians of an impending judgment day, slated according to the signs, for May 21.
At the entrance to Birzeit, and several roads leading into the West Bank cities of Ramallah and...
Presbyterian Church Poised to Ordain Gays
05/10/2011 23:03
Urban Christian News:
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran group in the country, liberalized its policy toward gay clergy two years ago. The United Church of Christ started ordaining openly gay clergy in 1972, and more recently endorsed same-sex marriage.
The...
This time, it’s for real, believers say: Doomsday coming this month.
05/10/2011 22:14
Washington Post:
The unexpected and potentially rotten news that the world will end on May 21 rolled into the District on Thursday morning, plastered on a caravan of five recreational vehicles that parked near the Washington Monument.
“Have you heard the awesome news?” the side of the RVs...