Marriage Ruling by SCOUS

Today June 26 2015 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Gays have the same right to marriage as heterosexual couples have. It is my opinion that consenting adults can do pretty much whatever they want in their own house as long as it does not hurt others or involve minors. It is also my opinion based on the Bible that marriage is to be between one man and one woman.

One of my joys as a pastor has been to counsel couples for marriage and then perform their wedding ceremony. It is with sadness that I must now refuse to perform any marriages either for straight or gay couples. I think the best thing for me is to step out of performing any weddings or cater any receptions at Restoration Farm.  I have other things that I can do other than weddings and receptions. The only exception to this will be to offer to my family a traditional one man one woman Bible based wedding ceremony.

We will no longer offer our cabin for rent to people but it will still be offered to our friends and guests at no cost. The Restoration cabin will no longer be used in ministry or be available to pastors or missionaries as a ministry.

It is my belief that since the United States government wants to take over marriage then they can  perform the ceremonies.

Until our nation and the church turns back to honoring God the above is our policy here at Restoration Farm.

Praise, Presence and Power

On Saturday evening June 13th a group of us met at a local bank and participated in a short worship service lead by Joe Farrell followed by a short message by me based on the following scriptures:

Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners

John 14: 12-13  Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.  And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Matthew 10: 7-8 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

Then Dan Gore spoke and then Eric Wilding.

 Dan Gore, Kat Clark, Larry Clark Eric, Wilding with Kingdom

We had a wonderful time and we watched God heal several people of physical injuries or emotional wounds. A few of the more dramatic ones were legs that were not the same length being bought into alignment.