Christians are known for being:
Judgemental
Disliking Homosexuality
Asking for Money
So when I see a church that pushes the stereotype it drives me nuts as none of the above is biblical.\xa0
Sure homosexuality is mentioned seven times in the bible, but poverty is mentioned 300 times, and lying is mentioned 155 times
source
https://www.answers.com/Q/How_many_times_is_the_word_lie_used_in_the_Bible
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when I see a need in the community that the church offers to help if you PAY THEM I ask, I didn't remember Jesus asking to get paid to do the right thing.
Romans 8:31-39\xa0New Living Translation (NLT) Nothing Can Separate Us from God\u2019s Love31\xa0What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?\xa032\xa0Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won\u2019t he also give us everything else?\xa033\xa0Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one\u2014for God himself has given us right standing with himself.\xa034\xa0Who then will condemn us? No one\u2014for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God\u2019s right hand, pleading for us.
35\xa0Can anything ever separate us from Christ\u2019s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?\xa036\xa0(As the Scriptures say, \u201cFor your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.\u201da]">[a])\xa037\xa0No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
38\xa0And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God\u2019s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,b]">[b]\xa0neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow\u2014not even the powers of hell can separate us from God\u2019s love.\xa039\xa0No power in the sky above or in the earth below\u2014indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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