{"id":396,"date":"2011-08-16T15:48:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T20:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/?p=396"},"modified":"2011-08-16T15:56:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T20:56:23","slug":"wisconsin-churches-to-the-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/?p=396","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Churches to the Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

REFORMATION LUTHERAN CHURCH<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.O. Box 544<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bowie, MD 20715<\/strong><\/p>\n

301-262-0145 \u00b7 mbray@ccconline.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Pastors: Michael Bray, M.A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Exsurgat Deus<\/p>\n

Michael Colvin, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

22 August 2001<\/p>\n

Wisconsin Christians United<\/p>\n

PO Box 771<\/p>\n

Monroe, Wisconsin 53566<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dear WCU,<\/p>\n

Please accept our signatures in affirmation of your written statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a pastor of the Church of Jesus Christ, I support Judge Roy Moore and his recent written comments on law, the custody of children, and homosexual parents (D.H. vs. H.H. [Jefferson Circuit Court, DR-99-1301; Court of Civil Appeals, 2991129]). I commend Judge Moore\u2019s opinion which so accurately reflects the intent of America\u2019s founders that this nation\u2019s system of civil government and jurisprudence must be predicated upon \u201cthe Laws of Nature and of Nature\u2019s God\u201d as is obvious by America\u2019s charter, the Declaration of Independence. America\u2019s founders defined<\/p>\n

those laws as \u201cGod\u2019s dictated or natural law\u201d and \u201cGod\u2019s revealed law as found in Holy Scripture.\u201d They agreed with the great English jurist William Blackstone who stated that \u201cno human laws should be suffered to contradict these.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI also commend Judge Moore for using clear, concise, and meaningful language which is rooted not only in the Bible but also in America\u2019s common law heritage which in turn is based on God\u2019s eternal precepts.\u00a0\u00a0 It is my prayer as a pastor and Christian that persons committing homosexual acts will repent, believe the gospel, and call upon the name of the Lord for salvation. It is also my prayer that God will raise up many more judges such as Roy Moore\u2014men who are willing to judge righteous judgment (John 7:24) in all matters brought before them. It is the civil government\u2019s holy duty to punish evil and reward good (Romans 13:3-4).<\/p>\n

\u201cHomosexual acts are an evil which pervert God\u2019s natural creation order, violate his moral law, destroy many lives, and bring God\u2019s judgment on our land. I am thankful that Judge Roy Moore has used law lawfully (1 Timothy 1:8-11), and in so doing, has taken a step toward returning our nation\u2019s system of jurisprudence back to righteousness. Judge Roy Moore should be commended and supported by all Americans who claim the name of Christ.<\/p>\n

Signature:<\/p>\n

Date: 26 March, 2002<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Church Name: Reformation Lutheran Church<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

City and State: Bowie, MD 20715<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

REFORMATION LUTHERAN CHURCH P.O. Box 544 Bowie, MD 20715 301-262-0145 \u00b7 mbray@ccconline.net Pastors: Michael Bray, M.A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Exsurgat Deus Michael Colvin, Ph.D. 22 August 2001 Wisconsin Christians United PO Box 771 Monroe, Wisconsin 53566   Dear WCU, Please accept our signatures in affirmation of your written statement: \u201cAs a pastor of the Church of Jesus Christ, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}