Comments for Emmanuel Mennonite Church http://www.emmanuelmennonitechurch.com The digital resource for our church. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:02:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on ROCK AND ROLL MENNONITES, PINK MENNOS, AND MORE…. by Forrest Moyer http://www.emmanuelmennonitechurch.com/2009/07/20/rock-and-roll-mennonites-pink-mennos-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Forrest Moyer Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:02:53 +0000 http://www.emmanuelmennonitechurch.com/?p=381#comment-24 Matthew, Thanks for this reflection on your experience at Convention. As a member of Pink Menno and a 27-year-old gay member of a Mennonite congregation, I appreciate your thoughts, not because I necessarily agree with them, but because they challenge me in an invitational, conversational way. I too hope for a "greater, deeper truth" than any one agenda. Matthew,
Thanks for this reflection on your experience at Convention. As a member of Pink Menno and a 27-year-old gay member of a Mennonite congregation, I appreciate your thoughts, not because I necessarily agree with them, but because they challenge me in an invitational, conversational way. I too hope for a “greater, deeper truth” than any one agenda.

]]> Comment on OF BOUNDARIES AND BLESSINGS by Wally DiPietro http://www.emmanuelmennonitechurch.com/2009/04/06/of-boundaries-and-blessings/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Wally DiPietro Sat, 30 May 2009 00:52:55 +0000 http://www.emmanuel-menno.com/?p=189#comment-20 Yes, God has given us boundaries and many good people find themselves outside those boundaries, but that does not mean that we cease to cry out and serve as God's people are called to do. The Old Testament is a showcase of what happens when we compromise God's boundaries. According to the state marriage is a legal contract. The state recognizes the value of the family unit and provides regulations which benefit those in a marriage union. For the Christian, marriage is much more that merely a legal contract. Marriage is filled with ceremony, symbols, tradition and is even considered sanctified. It is an affirmation of life itself. For the Christian, human life is sacred, made in the image of God. If human life is sacred then the creative act which is the origin of human life, must also be sacred. All human beings have their origin in the heterosexual union. No human beings have their origin in the homosexual union. Therefore, only heterosexual marriage can be considered as sacred. The state has the right to extend legal contracts, and to offer varies rights and responsibilities with these contracts. The state may issue "legal unions" for homosexuals and allow them rights similar to heterosexuals. But that doesn't make it marriage. Marriage is the historic domicile of the church. Marriage can only be sanctified if it is between a man and a woman. Yes, God has given us boundaries and many good people find themselves outside those boundaries, but that does not mean that we cease to cry out and serve as God’s people are called to do. The Old Testament is a showcase of what happens when we compromise God’s boundaries.

According to the state marriage is a legal contract. The state recognizes the value of the family unit and provides regulations which benefit those in a marriage union.

For the Christian, marriage is much more that merely a legal contract. Marriage is filled with ceremony, symbols, tradition and is even considered sanctified. It is an affirmation of life itself. For the Christian, human life is sacred, made in the image of God. If human life is sacred then the creative act which is the origin of human life, must also be sacred. All human beings have their origin in the heterosexual union. No human beings have their origin in the homosexual union. Therefore, only heterosexual marriage can be considered as sacred.

The state has the right to extend legal contracts, and to offer varies rights and responsibilities with these contracts. The state may issue “legal unions” for homosexuals and allow them rights similar to heterosexuals. But that doesn’t make it marriage. Marriage is the historic domicile of the church. Marriage can only be sanctified if it is between a man and a woman.

]]> Comment on Media by Walter DiPietro http://www.emmanuelmennonitechurch.com/media-page/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Walter DiPietro Fri, 29 May 2009 16:09:17 +0000 http://www.emmanuel-menno.com/?page_id=113#comment-19 Mathew, This is your patriarch from the Wabash House. I haven't seen you since your missionary days and you came to see me in Tucker, GA, with your family (20+ years ago) I have been working for the EPA for the past 19 years and my wife Emily is still working for the CDC. Gee, I guess nothing has changed. I have one daughter, Rachel, in college, and two cats, one dog, and a garden in the back yard. I'm happy. Drop me an email when you get a chance. Always Wally Mathew,
This is your patriarch from the Wabash House. I haven’t seen you since your missionary days and you came to see me in Tucker, GA, with your family (20+ years ago)

I have been working for the EPA for the past 19 years and my wife Emily is still working for the CDC. Gee, I guess nothing has changed.

I have one daughter, Rachel, in college, and two cats, one dog, and a garden in the back yard. I’m happy. Drop me an email when you get a chance.

Always
Wally

]]> Comment on Sermon Archive by vel teichroew http://www.emmanuelmennonitechurch.com/media-page/sermon-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-9 vel teichroew Fri, 01 May 2009 04:26:45 +0000 http://www.emmanuel-menno.com/?page_id=120#comment-9 Glad I know of this site now. I listened to Mark Peters sermon, and will come back to listen to others. Glad I know of this site now. I listened to
Mark Peters sermon, and will come back to listen
to others.

]]> Comment on ARE WE UNINDICTED CO-CONSPIRATORS WITH OSAMA BIN LADEN? by Mark Van Steenwyk http://www.emmanuelmennonitechurch.com/2008/01/07/are-we-unindicted-co-conspirators-with-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Mark Van Steenwyk Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:42:01 +0000 http://www.emmanuel-menno.com/2008/01/07/are-we-unindicted-co-conspirators-with-osama-bin-laden/#comment-2 Excellent post. I didn't know that Gibbons criticized the early church's nonviolence. Excellent post. I didn’t know that Gibbons criticized the early church’s nonviolence.

]]> Comment on On “The War” by Daniel http://www.emmanuelmennonitechurch.com/2007/10/02/on-the-war/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Daniel Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:39:07 +0000 http://www.emmanuel-menno.com/2007/10/02/on-the-war/#comment-3 Mathew, great entries, I look forward to reading more over time. How about if I bring over some homemade bread, jam and eggs to cook up before our meeting? I could be there around 730am? peace courage joy Daniel Mathew,
great entries, I look forward to reading more over time. How about if I bring over some homemade bread, jam and eggs to cook up before our meeting? I could be there around 730am?
peace
courage
joy
Daniel

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