I am being disciplined and facing termination for my refusal to complete mandatory lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender training. How can I teach to love and be kind to everyone yet keep our Christian beliefs and not be influenced in a ...
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Welcome back to The 700 Club.
It's time to bring it on
with your email questions.
And we're going to start with
David who writes, "I work
for the federal government.
I am being disciplined
and facing termination
for my refusal to complete
mandatory lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and
transgender training.
I believe I am doing God's will.
What are your thoughts Pat"?
Oh, I think it's
outrageous that they're
forcing you into a situation
that you totally disagree with.
It's against your
religious beliefs,
and I think it's
unreasonable to ask
you to go through this stuff.
I believe though, you'd
better have a lawyer
and you need to sue
the federal government.
And chances are, they will cave.
They usually do.
But they will bluff.
And what's they're doing
with you is a bluff.
They shouldn't be allowed to get
away with this kind of stuff.
This whole idea of
the federal government
imposing this gay lifestyle
on the population,
this transgender
stuff on schools,
there's nothing in
the Constitution,
nothing in the body
of law that has
been passed by the Congress
that allows this to be done.
But they're doing it under
the advice of the Obama
Administration.
And people need to
stand up against it.
This to me is an outrage.
Absolutely.
Jennifer says, "I'm a single
mom of a 5-year-old girl.
Every day I try my hardest
to keep her shielded
from the craziness of the
world and keep her innocence
as long as I can.
The whole homosexual,
transgender issue
is everywhere.
How can I teach her to love
and be kind to everyone, yet
keep our Christian
beliefs and not
be influenced in
a negative manner.
Please help.
What you need to do
is teach her the Bible.
And you grew up together,
and ask the Holy Spirit
to look after her.
God can look after children.
There were children
in Sodom and Gomorrah
who growing up properly.
There was children
in the Roman Empire
who were growing up properly.
And you can trust God to
look after your children.
But you yourself need
to give the standards.
You don't have to teach
them to hate anybody.
But what you have to
do is to show them
the right way, what
God says this is
what the rules are in the book.
And show them in the
book where it says it.
All right?
All right.
Mayela says, "Pat,
I believe in tithing
the minimum of 10%
of my paycheck,
and I try to give this amount
when I get paid from my part
time job every two weeks.
I also believe in God's
promises for tithing.
The problem comes
when I ask my husband
to give 10% of his check.
He says he wants to,
but we can't afford it.
He makes me feel bad when
I give from my check.
Should I listen to him since
he's the head of the house?
Well, this is your money.
You're earning it, and you
can do with it as you see fit.
The fact that he won't give
from him, what he's doing
is denying his family
the blessing that
will come-- prove me, the
Bible says, with their tithes
and offerings if I won't
open the windows of heaven
and pour you such a
blessing you can't contain.
Why don't you show
that to your husband.
Say, you're cheating
me of a blessing.
But what he does with his
money is his business,
and what you do
is yours is yours.
You don't have to withhold
tithe from your money
in order to obey a commandment
to obey your husband.
Well, that's all the time
we've got for questions.
But we leave you with today's
Power Minute from Psalms.
"For by you I can
run against a troop,
by my God I can
leap over a wall."