Written by Mike Oz of Big League Stew
San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt is one of the good guys in baseball — he’s a devout Christian who fights against child poverty and human trafficking. He once returned $500,000 to the Giants after noticing they paid him too much because of a clerical error.
Well, Affeldt’s latest social justice interest might ruffle feathers among his fellow conservative Christians. Affeldt penned a blog post this week in which he urged Christians to be more tolerant toward gays. Pastor Dewey note: The bottom line in Jeremy’s message is for us to love ALL people, people in our own neighborhoods, where we work, etc…share the love of Jesus Christ! I really believe this is an excellent RESURRECTION SUNDAY MESSAGE! Please make sure and click on the link for Jeremy’s post, so you can read what HE posted, IN HIS OWN WORDS, the link is in the following post:
https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/giants-reliever-jeremy-affeldt-urges-christian-tolerance-toward-gays-171816121.html
You do not have to approve of ones lifestyle to love them. Love the person, but not approving of the sin. Love like you want to be loved. Hate is getting us know where.
Romans 5:8
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 4:8
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; …
