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Contents:
- GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN
- CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- WAS J GAY? PROBABLY
GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen has e out as gay. * the god gay *
Praise for God and the Gay Christian“For anyone who wants to know why some evangelils fd that the Bible do not nmn same-genr marriage, Matthew V’s book answers the qutn. Christians who oppose gay marriage should nsir what he has to say. ”— Tony Campolo, profsor emer, Eastern Universy; -thor of Red Letter Christians“Many people believe you n eher hold a high view of Scripture or affirm gay relatnships, but not both.
Provotive and relentlsly Bible-foced, God and the Gay Christian offers hope and sight for Christians who have felt nflicted on matters of sexualy. ”— Jt Lee, thor of Torn: Rcug the Gospel om the Gays-vs. God and the Gay Christian has the rmatn I was searchg for when my son, Tyler Clementi, me out to me.
This book mak signifint ntributns, not only to ongog scholarly nversatns but also to the average person who wants to probe more eply how to thk about God and the gay Christian.
CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
Jam Brownson, Reformed theologian and profsor of New Ttament; thor of Bible, Genr, Sexualy“God and the Gay Christian is a game changer. ”— Rachel Held Evans, thor of A Year of Biblil Womanhood and Fah Unraveled “Few thgs today’s world divi church and Christian muni more eply than the issue of homosexualy.
This has led theologilly nservative Christians to nmn altogether what is today lled ‘homosexualy. ’ He reads the Bible and biblil scholarship as an evangelil gay Christian, givg a voice both to the biblil texts and s rears. A reful scty of the six biblil passag that somehow addrs same-sex behavr leads V to make a pellg argument agast mandatory celibacy for gay Christians.
Matthew V’s well-read and well-argued book serv to be read by all those who have suffered silence, but also by members and misters of Christian muni stgglg wh the regnn and appreciatn of their gay members. ”— Martti Nissen, profsor of Old Ttament Studi, Universy of Helski, thor of Homoeroticism the Biblil World: A Historil Perspective“Matthew V liv at an tersectn of inti: a mted, theologilly nservative Christian who also happens to be an out gay man. Coupled wh his poignant scriptns of the damage done by tradnal exclnary terpretatns, his book is an sential rource for all who seek to fd their beargs the current bate over the Bible’s teachgs for gay people.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
A mon argument for the acceptance of homosexualy and same-sex marriage is that, if God is love, He would not nmn the love of others. The world and maybe even our own sensivi might say that allowg others to live a homosexual relatnship is to see to their well-beg. Romans 1:26 says homosexualy is disgraceful and dishonorg.
First Corthians 6:18 says that sexual immoraly, cludg homosexualy, is a s agast one’s own body. If homosexualy rults a dishonorg, harmful separatn om God’s blsg, then the lovg thg to do is to stay away om .
That beg said, those wh homosexual attractns are sperate need of love. Even if they agree wh the Bible that homosexualy is a s and rolve not to seek fulfillment of their sexual sir, they mt still fd love other relatnships—the self-sacrificg love of agape and the iendly pannship of phileo.
WAS J GAY? PROBABLY
The need for love is no different for sgle heterosexuals than is for those wh homosexual attractn. If God is love, why do He nmn homosexualy?
Pope Francis was recently asked about his views on homosexualy.