Sam Allberry livered a msage tled “Is God Anti-Gay?” sprgboardg om his own personal stggle wh homosexualy.
Contents:
- WHY IS HOMOSEXUALY A S IF BEG GAY IS JT WHO I AM?
- “WHY DON’T GOD ANSWER PRAYERS TO TAKE AWAY GAY FEELGS?”
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- DO GOD STILL LOVE ME IF I’M GAY?
WHY IS HOMOSEXUALY A S IF BEG GAY IS JT WHO I AM?
The Bible vers aren't about nmng homosexuals, gays, lbians, or transgenr people. Rather, read God's lovg warng and grace for those who have strayed om His will for sex * does that make me gay am i gay for god *
That is why we don’t say that beg gay is jt who someone is. The Bible says that is a s to act on that stggle — to engage homosexual behavr. I was readg your article about Gay Teen Suicis and Bullyg, about how some people pray and pray for God to take away their gay feelgs and there is a reason that he don’t that they don’t know about.
My bt iend mted suici when we were both 18 bee he uldn’t accept that he was gay.
I want to VERY rpectfully suggt that “acceptg one’s gayns” is not the bt solutn to the grief and sadns that bound up realizg one has same-sex sir. I know the culture’s pro-gay msage is that there’s nothg wrong wh homosexualy so jt accept , but that’s not God’s posn.
“WHY DON’T GOD ANSWER PRAYERS TO TAKE AWAY GAY FEELGS?”
A great memorable quote om the It's Always Sunny Philalphia movie on - Charlie Kelly: Here's a nfsn: I'm love wh a man. What? I'm love wh a man... a man named God. Do that make me gay? Am I gay for God? You betcha. * does that make me gay am i gay for god *
Which leads me to answer your qutn: why would God not take away someone’s gay feelgs? So often, people pray and ask God to relieve their symptoms and make their liv easier (and this, of urse, go way beyond askg God to take away gay feelgs. No one is born gay; we are such plex creatur, beg ma the image of God, that feelgs, attus and beliefs are shaped over time by our life experienc, and filtered through our temperaments.
When someone buys to the lie that “if I feel , mt be te, ” the end rult n be a homosexual inty. Why don’t God take away homosexual feelgs?
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
When I started wrg my new book, God and the Gay Christian, I was well aware that Christians who oppose same-sex marriage the church have long ed the Bible to fend their pot of view. As a gay Christian om an evangelil church Kansas, that stat quo has had a damagg impact on my life, which is one reason I'm settg out to change the flty perspective. Here are 10 reasons why God accepts gay Christians. * does that make me gay am i gay for god *
Homosexual feelgs e om legimate, unmet longgs for nnectn, for the “three A’s. I believe that God says “no” to zappg away homosexual feelgs bee He has somethg better.
DO GOD STILL LOVE ME IF I’M GAY?
She is a equent speaker for MOPS (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers) and Stonecroft Mistri (Christian Women's Connectns), and serv on the board of Livg Hope Mistri, a Christ-centered outreach to those alg wh unwanted homosexualy.
Do that make me gay? Am I gay for God?