Valin Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 CNN:Eric Marrapodi6/17/11(CNN)–When Westboro Baptist Church protesters roll into any given town, most places don't exactly put out the welcome mat, until this Sunday."This False Prophet and His Blind Lemmings Welcome You to Our Whore House for God's Grace and Free Donuts," Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle announced on his blog this week after learning that Westboro plans to picket one of his churches on Father's Day. (Snip)"We need to be nice to these people, go out shake their hands, say hi, give them a bite to eat, cup of coffee and just try to be friendly and nice. The last thing I want is for our people to get into a shouting match with a bunch of crazies," Driscoll said.(Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 "They were all basically protesting that Jesus loved this guy. He didn't deserve to be loved. The point is, no one is. Jesus loves just because he's loving, not because we're lovable." Therein lies the difference between Mars Hill Church's theology and Westboro. "It's kind of funny," Driscoll said. "They're showing up on the Sunday where the story is, Jesus loved a really bad guy, and the religious people stood around and protested." Thank you for posting this, Valin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 "They were all basically protesting that Jesus loved this guy. He didn't deserve to be loved. The point is, no one is. Jesus loves just because he's loving, not because we're lovable." Therein lies the difference between Mars Hill Church's theology and Westboro. "It's kind of funny," Driscoll said. "They're showing up on the Sunday where the story is, Jesus loved a really bad guy, and the religious people stood around and protested." Thank you for posting this, Valin! I LOVE IT! "This False Prophet and His Blind Lemmings Welcome You to Our Whore House for God's Grace and Free Donuts," Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 "They were all basically protesting that Jesus loved this guy. He didn't deserve to be loved. The point is, no one is. Jesus loves just because he's loving, not because we're lovable." Therein lies the difference between Mars Hill Church's theology and Westboro. "It's kind of funny," Driscoll said. "They're showing up on the Sunday where the story is, Jesus loved a really bad guy, and the religious people stood around and protested." Thank you for posting this, Valin! Amen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Actually, this guy probably does have the right approach, but his choice of words are especially great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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