“Mom, Dad… I’m Gay.” A Christian Parent’s Rponse

Contents:

• “MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
• HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
• JT BEE HE BREATH: LEARNG TO TLY LOVE OUR GAY SON

“MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE

Your child is gay. But for many Christian parents, nothg n prepare them to hear that their beloved child is gay. If you are a Christian parent, fay member or iend to whom your loved one has e out as gay or lbian, then this is for you.

They did not “choose gayns” to rebel agast you, get back at you or make your life miserable. As a younger Christian, tght that homosexualy is a s, I believed that trma somewhere someone’s past ed homosexualy, even if they didn’t remember .

HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS

To my surprise, God pletely shifted my unrstandg and revealed to me the many people who had a great childhood are still gay.

Some gay teens have been shamed, banished, threatened, beaten, and shunned. If dog the thgs meant that homosexualy would not vis a Christian home, then we wouldn’t see croppg up so often.

But please unrstand that even if we disagree, nothg chang regardg our rponsibily, our blsg as a Mom or a Dad to unndnally love, accept and affirm our gay children – as God has done wh .

JT BEE HE BREATH: LEARNG TO TLY LOVE OUR GAY SON

Colon was shot several tim at the Orlando gay nightclub durg the 2016 mass shootg and has sce left homosexualy and started the mistry Fearls Inty wh another Pulse survivor. Rachel Held Evans nclus her blog post If my son or dghter were gay wh this paragraph:.

If God bls Dan and me wh a child who is gay, I would want that child to know whout a doubt that he or she is loved unndnally. I believe Rachel’s motivatn is to create a more welg and lovg environment the church for those who intify themselv as homosexuals, or who stggle wh homosexual sire. I admire and agree wh her motive, and mt say that I’ve learned om her this area of beg much more reful how I speak and wre about homosexualy.

First, she don’t munite any ncern about the sfulns of homosexual sir nor the immoraly of homosexual actns. She seems to nvey that homosexual sir are not part of human brokenns, and that to pursue homosexual practic do not have any bearg on a person’s relatnship wh Christ.