{"id":6751,"date":"2014-01-09T23:40:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T23:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=6751"},"modified":"2014-01-16T23:21:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T23:21:49","slug":"street-preacher-arrested-dundee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/street-preacher-arrested-dundee\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Preacher Arrested in Dundee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {   var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];   if (d.getElementById(id)) return;   js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;   js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";   fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/street-preacher-arrested-dundee\/\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6759\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gjh459h.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6759   \" alt=\"Tony Miano\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gjh459h.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gjh459h.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gjh459h-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gjh459h-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gjh459h-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gjh459h-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Miano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>American evangelist, Tony Miano, was arrested in Dundee Scotland, for mentioning homosexuality among a list of sexual sins.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest, which took place yesterday, occurred on the grounds that Mr Miano allegedly used \u201chomophobic language\u201d during an open-air sermon.<\/p>\n<p>The former police officer and chaplain with the\u00a0Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department was released on bail after seven hours. He was formally charged with the crime of breach of peace through \u2018homophobic aggravation.\u201d Mr. Miano must return to Scotland on 22 April to stand trial.<\/p>\n<p>The trouble started when Mr. Miano was preaching about the various sins Jesus saves us from to lunchtime shoppers on the city\u2019s high street. After receiving a complaint from a woman who said her son is gay, two police officers arrested Mr. Miano without asking him any questions and without explaining the reasoning behind the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Josh Williamson of the Craigie Reformed Baptist Church in Perth, was part of the same preaching team and witnessed the event. He commented, \u201cTony wasn&#8217;t focussing just on homosexual practice \u2013 it was about all sin. A woman was yelling at him and her friend noticed we were filming the preaching, so she ran up to me and tried to smash my camera.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The female officer saw we had a camera and lunged for it and then the male policeman grabbed it and threw it in the police van,&#8221; said Mr Williamson.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Miano\u2019s sermon was caught on film. Below is a word-for-word transcript of what he was arrested for saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy friends, the reality is, we are all going to stand before God to give account for our lives.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd whether our sin is sexual in nature or not, if we have violated his law in any way \u2013 whether it is homosexuality, whether it is refusing to abstain from evil in the heterosexual community and we are lusting after people we are indulging in fornication, but even beyond that if we have so much as told one lie \u2013 God sees us as a violator of his law, God does not see us as good.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the video below, Mr Miano tells about his arrest and encourages Christian preachers throughout the world to stand strong.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4vWE1k-J7Y0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Paul declared in 2 Timothy 2:25-26 that \u201cthe servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This passage, and countless others, shows that believers not only have a responsibility to preach, but that they have a mandate to preach against specific sins. The fact that you can now get arrested for preaching against homosexuality does not change this reality. Pray that believers would take courage from Tony Miano\u2019s stance and follow his example.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Find out how to join Christian Voice and stand up for the King of kings (clicking on the link below does not commit you to join)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/P1OVTZ-gb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3940\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Join Today!\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Join_donate_Logo2.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Please note that persons wishing to comment on this story must enter a valid email address. Comments from persons leaving fictitious email addresses will be trashed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; American evangelist, Tony Miano, was arrested in Dundee Scotland, for mentioning homosexuality among a list of sexual sins. The arrest, which took place yesterday, occurred on the grounds that Mr Miano allegedly used \u201chomophobic language\u201d during an open-air sermon. 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