On July 1, 1982, 2,000 couples were married in a mass wedding at Madison Square Garden in New York staged by the Unification Church, the cult founded and led by South Korean pseudo-Messiah Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Those who are still together gathered to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the event. The marriages were not exactly made in heaven, as this article by Let Us Reason Ministries points out.
Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Your salvation does not depend on the fact that
you believe Christ to be the Savior of the godly, but that he is a Savior
to you and has become your own. 11. Such a faith will work in you love for
Christ and joy in him, and good works will naturally follow. If they do
not, faith is surely not present; for where faith is, there the Holy Ghost
is and must work love and good works. 12. This faith is condemned by
apostate and rebellious Christians, the pope, bishops, priests, monks, and
the universities. They call it arrogance to desire to be like the saints.
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*Matthew 21:1-9. Christ Enters Jerusalem: or Faith; Good Works; and the
Spiritual Meaning of This Gospel*
10. In the second place he particularly me...
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I wrote an article about the Moonies for my blog, which gives some of the bizarre history and doctrines of that false belief system. You might find it interesting.
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Thanks, Glenn; there's lots of good background information there.
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