Megachurch Pastor Rponds to Accatns of Distortg Bible to Support Gay Marriage — Charisma News

Contents:

• REPORT: RUDY GAY WAIVED BY OKC THUNR
• THUNR WAIV RUDY GAY, PER REPORT, CLEARG WAY FOR JACK WHE
• FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• A GAY PASTOR EXPLAS WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
• SOUTH AIN GAY PASTOR MARRI HIS LONG-TIME BOYIEND
• “TO BE GAY IS HONORABLE, A GIFT OM GOD” – NIGERIAN GAY PASTOR, JI MAULAY SAYS
• FORMER JAZZMAN RUDY GAY HAS INTERT FROM ‘SEVERAL’ COMPETIVE TEAMS
• IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
• HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI
• TEXAS PASTOR SAYS GAY PEOPLE SHOULD BE 'SHOT THE BACK OF THE HEAD' SHOCKG SERMON
• GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY

REPORT: RUDY GAY WAIVED BY OKC THUNR

Social media ers ially shared vio of the church engulfed flam wh posts ntag homophobic rhetoric and cricizg the church’s stance on LGBTQ+ issu.

“A church Boston where homosexual upl who were nductg a weddg set’s on fire after beg stck by lightng.

THUNR WAIV RUDY GAY, PER REPORT, CLEARG WAY FOR JACK WHE

“Church burnt down by a lighteng, Boston, In the USA, durg a marriage ceremony of homosexual uple. The Oklahoma Cy Thunr roster shnk on Wednday when they waived veteran forward Rudy Gay, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

Buy Thunr TicketsGay was set to make $6. In 56 gam wh the Utah Jazz last season, Gay averaged 5. The Thunr waived veteran forward Rudy Gay on Wednday, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported, th openg up a roster spot for Oklahoma Cy to sign Atralian wg Jack Whe.

FIVE EVANGELIL PASTORS WHO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

Before waivg Gay, the Thunr was maxed out at 21 players, which is why the reported signg of Whe had yet to be falized. The Thunr’s cisn to waive Gay me as no surprise.

A GAY PASTOR EXPLAS WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY SAYS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY

OKC acquired Gay, along wh TyTy Washgton Jr., Usman Gaba and a 2026 send-round pick, om the Hawks on July 12 exchange for Patty Mills. The Thunr was willg to take on Gay’s $6.

Gay ranks nth among active players pots (17, 642) and fifth gam played (1, 120). If you said someone was evangelil you knew pretty much what you were gettg – errancy of the Bible, importance of preachg, a foc on evangelism, warngs of hell and most of all – opposn to gay marriage. While still far om the mastream and the overwhelmg majory of self-scribed evangelils are still opposed to gay marriage, there are a growg list of pastors who scribe themselv as evangelil and yet support same sex upl.

SOUTH AIN GAY PASTOR MARRI HIS LONG-TIME BOYIEND

'It has taken untls hours of prayer, study, nversatn and emotnal turmoil to brg me to the place where I am fally ready to ll for the full acceptance of Christian gay upl to the Church, ' he wrote.

'Through [my wife] Peggy, I have e to know so many gay Christian upl whose relatnships work much the same way as our own. In a bate at San Francis's Grace Cathedral 2013, the thor and pastor Rob Bell, already discreded by many evangelils for his book Love Ws, gave a blanket endorsement of gay marriage. An outspoken cric of the Relig Right and print of the Sojourners magaze, Jim Wallis reversed his stance on gay marriage an terview wh the Huffgton Post  2013.

“TO BE GAY IS HONORABLE, A GIFT OM GOD” – NIGERIAN GAY PASTOR, JI MAULAY SAYS

Several of Jen Hatmaker's books have been produced by LifeWay's B&H Publishg, who announced they would no longer work wh her after she changed her stance on gay marriageFacebook / Jen Hatmaker. One of the relatively few proment female voic on the evangelil scene, Hatmaker received a fierce backlash when she said she thought God saw monogamo gay relatnships as holy.

In an terview wh Relign News Service she said: 'From a spirual perspective, sce gay marriage is legal all 50 stat, our muni have plenty of gay upl who, jt like the rt of , need marriage support and parentg help and Christian muny. Asked if she would attend a gay iend's weddg she said was an easy answer: 'I would attend that weddg wh gladns, and I would drk champagne.

FORMER JAZZMAN RUDY GAY HAS INTERT FROM ‘SEVERAL’ COMPETIVE TEAMS

I want the very bt for my gay iends. The Southern Baptist church pastor om Los Angel, California, announced 2014 he is 'gay affirmg' and had accepted his son's homosexualy. 'In Augt of 2013, on a sunny day at the beach, I realized I no longer believed the tradnal [church] teachgs regardg homosexualy, ' Cortez said a letter published on Patheos blog.

'And was pecially the ttimony of my gay iends that helped me to see how they have been margalised that my ey beme open to the jtice that the church has wrought. "We have always been clear about our stance ncerng homosexual or heterosexual activy outsi marriage.

IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?

Northland recently hosted a semar tled "Elevatg the Dialogue on LGBTQ Incln and Unrstandg the Church, " which featured Hunter and an LGBT pastor, among others, discsg the church's relatnship wh the gay event was sponsored by The Reformatn Project, which was found by Matthew V, who wrote God and the Gay believers were eply offend at the topic and Northland's agreement to host the discsn. He believ Sodom and Gomorrah had nothg to do wh homosexualy, and other passag the New Ttament do not mean what they say.

The church needs to live the rurrectn power of J and stop promisg to be jt like the sful culture we are lled to says the event was not pro-LGBT as was reported, nor do he or his church support The Reformatn Project's gay-affirmg goals. "We do not agree wh Matthew Ve's biblil exegis; we rather agree wh the foremost biblil scholar and advote of the tradnal viewpot, Robert Gagnon, his book, The Bible and Homosexual Practice. Unfundamentalist Christians founr John Shore recently shared a letter om a gay Christian who is stgglg wh his sexualy and fah.

Among the many enuragg ments on that post was one om a gay pastor who betifully explaed his unrstandg of the Bible, Christiany, and pastor gracly agreed to let me share his ment as blog post here. Pl was not sayg that idolatry turns people gay; rather, he was sayg that idolatry led to participatn shameful acts of lt. As I said before, Romans 1 is not about gay Christian boys or girls, but about idolaters wh darkened unrstandg.

HOW A GAY ST. LOUIS PASTOR TRIGGERED A WAR WH THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH AMERI

Another passage often quoted agast is 1 Corthians 6:9, wrongly translated as “homosexuals.

But Genis 19 no more nmns all homosexualy than Judg 19 nmns all heterosexualy. If I ever meet a fe gay man who is Spirual and lovg and mutually attractive, and if I felt the Lord leadg me to him and him to me, I would feel ee to be his mate.

TEXAS PASTOR SAYS GAY PEOPLE SHOULD BE 'SHOT THE BACK OF THE HEAD' SHOCKG SERMON

Church members were full of cheers and applse when a gay Anglin prit the Anglin Church South Ai recently “married” another man. Pastor Pl Mwra is seen makg out wh his homosexual lover, another gay prit om Kenya, John Maierepi as they tie the knot to live wh each other till the end of life. “Sexual orientatn is born, unchosen and unchangeable, don’t judge them please, touch not the anoted on, ” the two pastors are quoted as sayg when asked why they chose to be gays.

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To be a homosexual is honourable, a gift om God. Knowg the tth as a gay christian is liberatg and giv me the most joy of my eedom.

GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY

I lied my prayers askg God to cure me of homosexualy stead of helpg me to e to terms.

Kimberly Stt about last week's meetg of the Uned Methodist Church's Council of Bishops and s impedg vote on whether to orda gay pastors.