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Don Lemon condemns Vatican's stance on same-sex marriage: Why St. Patrick is a hero we need to emulate today

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

Christianity, Daily News, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

CNN commentator Don Lemon has made headlines again, this time for his attack on the Vatican's recent statement regarding same-sex marriage. Today's podcast tells this story, then we look at the larger narrative it illustrates and focus on St. Patrick's courageous compassion as a model for us.

The Daily Article is written and narrated by Dr. Jim Denison with the Denison Forum. Subscribe at denisonforum.org/subscribe.

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This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians.

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thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

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Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Denisonformed, and this is the Daily Article for Wednesday,

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March the 17th, 2021. The title list, Don Lemon condemns Vatican stance on same-sex marriage,

0:29.3

why St. Patrick is a hero we need to emulate today. CNN commentator Don Lemon made headlines

0:36.0

last year with his announcement that Jesus, quote,

0:38.6

was not perfect when he was here on this earth. Now he's back in the news for his attack on the

0:43.8

Vatican's refusal to bless same-sex marriages. In an interview he gave last Monday, Lemon stated

0:49.6

that the Catholic Church and other churches should, quote, re-examine themselves and their teachings because

0:55.3

that is not what God is about. God is not about hindering people or even judging people, end quote.

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Lemons belief that he can dictate theology to the Catholic Church reflects the postmodern claim

1:06.8

that personal beliefs are truth. If he says that God is not, quote, about hindering people

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or even judging people, it must be so, at least in his mind. This despite the biblical fact

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at 2 Corinthians 510, that we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ so that each one

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may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

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And the biblical fact in Hebrews 927, that it is appointed for man once to die, and after that comes judgment.

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We could go on, a variety of scriptures that illustrate the same fact.

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Lemons believe that his beliefs reflect reality is akin to the man who once told me,

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I don't believe in hell, as though his belief changed the existence of hell.

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If I were to claim that I don't believe in Canada, does that change the existence of Canada?

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But there's a larger story behind the story, one we should urgently understand today. Dr. Albert Mueller published an

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