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John Paulus wrote:
> 
> Last Friday night on Nightline, Patricia Ireland (President of the National
> Organization of Women) challenged Steve Chavis (is he related to Benjamin
> Chavis?), spokesperson for Promise Keepers, to sign a document essentially
> promising not to dominate/hurt women & gays.
> 
> I'd like to see Promise Keepers take up that challenge.  They shouldn't bow
> down to a NOW agenda, but PK should biblically address those issues &
> concerned expressed.
> 
> The document should include how, although PK believes that homosexuality is
> wrong and against God's plan for sexuality, it is no worse than the sins
> which each PK struggles with himself.
> In regards to women, they should express their belief in Ephesians 5:21-30,
> and how men must be like Jesus in terms of holiness, and that no authority
> can be expected without it.
> 
> A passage that should be meditated on is John 4, with Jesus and the
> Samaratan woman.  She was clearly abused by men. So what did Jesus do? He
> came to her humbly, and addressed the issues she presented:
> 
> John 4:19-22 (just after Jesus told her -without judgment - that she had 5
> husbands and was living with a 6th man):
> 
> "Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. Our fathers
> worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must
> worship is in Jerusalem."
> Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship
> the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
> You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for
> salvation is from the Jews.
> 
> In the same way, PK'ers need to address issues presented by feminists, but
> ultimately point to the need of Jesus by all of us.
> 
> Also, PK should offer to critics such as Ireland a document or statement
> which asks Critics to judge PK  by the standard set by Jesus Christ.  It is
> because of Jesus that each Promise Keeper is who he is. It is because of
> Jesus  that those hurt by men can become free from that pain.
> 
> Working on aga'pe love
> 
> --jp-
> 
> j.p. paulus                               4625 N. Kenmore Avenue  #2
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> j.p. paulus                               4625 N. Kenmore Avenue  #2
> shadowm@ripco.com                              Chicago IL 60640-5024
> http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~shadowm/index.html         773/784-5640
>     ********************** GO GOD!!!!! ************************

NOW and Ireland are nothing but a band of inconsistent hypocrites.  Surf 
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