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Good. I can't stand those guys who hold signs which read: "God hates gays"

And a lot can only stand with a sign: you're an abomination! and don't get them in.

Preach on that in church, so the people live holy. Sodom would have been saved if the miracles Jesus did had been done there. Focus on that. They'll want to know how they can change.
Smith Wigglesworth sat in a train and said nothing but read his Bible. The man in front of him said: sir you convict me of my sin.

I'm not saying we should go around calling sinners names or to hate them. I'm saying that once they call upon the name of the LORD they cannot continue to dwell in sin and think that it is all right...If you are truly saved and washed clean you cannot go back and wallow in the mud. You can not be a Christian and entangled in sin too. Sin is bondage.

Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2 Peter 2:20
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

With that last verse, I think it would be better for someone to admit that they are not a Christian and are not following God's word. Instead of pretending to know him, all the while make a mockery of his word.

Romans 1 shows the depravity of man. Right on through Romans 3 shows the Gentiles guilty before God, the Jews guilty before God, and the world guilty before God. Preaching against sin is Biblical and when one preaches the Word of God, they must use the full counsel of the entire Word. That includes preaching against sin.

"Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression..." Isa 58:1

Real love is showing the people their sins, and showing them the means to salvation offered through Jesus Christ. God hates sin. Jesus and the apostles in the NT preached against sin!(of course that wasn't the only thing they preached on) Abhor what is evil, cleave to that which is good!

" Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good." Rom 12:9

Uh...... I think that you will find that the entire thrust of Galatians is that they WERE going back to adhering to laws (Yes, "God's" laws), but not remembering Jesus' way of love in dealing with others.

Jesus loves everyone and will forgive any who asks him. We are all going to slip up and make mistakes in ourselves, but if we call upon Jesus for forgiveness then we are not in bondage of sin. If we don't ask for forgiveness for a sin and just reason with in ourselves that it is not a sin even though God says that it is... then how can we be forgiven...You have to know the truth and ask for forgiveness to get forgiveness.

Did anyone ever notice that when Jesus turned to address the rich young ruler, the Bible says "He loved him?" He never told him he was wrong... only what was right. (as we should do, likewise) And, the same book doesn't say he "stopped" loving him, only that "with God, he could enter Heaven."

Neither did He condemn the woman caught in adultery.... in fact, He never even mentioned the act to her.

I'm not saying we should go around calling sinners names or to hate them. I'm saying that once they call upon the name of the LORD they cannot continue to dwell in sin and think that it is all right...If you are truly saved and washed clean you cannot go back and wallow in the mud. You can not be a Christian and entangled in sin too. Sin is bondage.

Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2 Peter 2:20
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

With that last verse, I think it would be better for someone to admit that they are not a Christian and are not following God's word. Instead of pretending to know him, all the while make a mockery of his word.

He actually did tell the rich young ruler he was wrong;

21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

With the woman about to be stoned,Jesus didn't have to mention her sin,it was the reason she was being stoned.

Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman,“Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”
11 “No, Lord,” she said.
And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”

Helping someone "know the truth" is not telling them they are a dirty faggot, going to Hell, but helping them see that Jesus loves them, but not how they are living.

No matter how much we try to claim that is what we are doing, we somehow, just can't force ourselves to simply stop at delivering Jesus' message of love without also pointing a condemning finger. I guess it makes us feel better.

As I said..... he did NOT do what we love to do. And that is to make sure they get told, loud and clear, how wrong they are/were.

So what the OP is really saying is that we should hate people for sinning and be more judgmental of them. Because that is what God wants. Got it.

i'm not pro adultery. i'm not pro fornication.

Helping someone "know the truth" is not telling them they are a dirty faggot, going to Hell, but helping them see that Jesus loves them, but not how they are living.

No matter how much we try to claim that is what we are doing, we somehow, just can't force ourselves to simply stop at delivering Jesus' message of love without also pointing a condemning finger. I guess it makes us feel better.

Actually she's agreeing with you, Mitspa. We can't judge someone else for their sin, especially if we are doing that sin ourselves..or any sin, for that matter.

or any sin, for that matter.

Helping someone "know the truth" is not telling them they are a dirty faggot, going to Hell, but helping them see that Jesus loves them, but not how they are living.

No matter how much we try to claim that is what we are doing, we somehow, just can't force ourselves to simply stop at delivering Jesus' message of love without also pointing a condemning finger. I guess it makes us feel better.