Jesus Dines with Sinners! 1: Sickening the self-righteous 2: Comforting the sickened sinner

It is interesting the things that come across a pastor’sdesk.  Usually there is a lot of junkmail and junk email, like “how to have a successful fundraiser,” or someone whocan fill our cleaning supplies needs at church, or that widow from Nigeria whohas millions of dollars she wants to donate to our congregation, she just needsmy bank account number and PIN...       But every so often,there are unsolicited emails that I receive which address things that some ofour members are wondering about.  Forinstance, the mass email I received recently asked whether a Christian shouldattend a gay wedding.  Then there was thepodcast that asked whether our congregations are ready to welcome repentanttransgenders who have seen the errors of their choices.