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Speaker 5: again for coming out. I like to start with something funny.

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Speaker 5: I heard about this elderly man he had had a

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Speaker 5: will three times. Hold up your Bible, say it like

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Speaker 5: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what

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Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will

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Speaker 5: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about loving unconditionally.

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Speaker 5: It's easy to love people that are just like us,

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Speaker 5: don't agree with you. I may not agree with your lifestyle,

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Speaker 5: But so often we judge people for where they are today.

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Speaker 5: Every time you show love, you are sowing these seeds.

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Speaker 5: that restores, that brings new life. And for too long,

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Speaker 5: the church in general has been known for what we're against.

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Speaker 5: If you're gay or straight, Republican or Democrat, black or white,

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Speaker 5: going to love you. Jesus said, by this, we'll all

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Speaker 5: men know that you're my disciples if you have love

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Speaker 5: one for another. Notice he didn't say it's by how

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Speaker 5: What would this world be like if instead of judging people,

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Speaker 5: we'd really start loving people. So they don't look like you,

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Speaker 5: they're not supposed to. God made them different. Maybe they're

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Speaker 5: not where they should be in life right now, that's okay.

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Speaker 5: Nobody is correct one hundred percent. The reason denominations were

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Speaker 5: asked her, can I please go to heaven too? Galatians

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Speaker 5: That's right. I heard somebody say thinking that your church

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Speaker 5: thing about Lakewood. That's what makes this place so great,

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