The Gospel for a Gay Friend : 9Marks

Contents:

• THE GOSPEL FOR A GAY FRIEND
• THE GOSPEL FOR A GAY FRIEND
• THE GAY GOSPEL?
• FROM GAY TO GOSPEL: THE FASCATG STORY OF BECKET COOK
• THE GAY GOSPEL? HOW PRO-GAY ADVOT MISREAD THE BIBLE

THE GOSPEL FOR A GAY FRIEND

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THE GOSPEL FOR A GAY FRIEND

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Ask them to help you unrstand how beg gay beme a central part of their inty.

THE GAY GOSPEL?

Christians have sned at least two major ways when to reachg those the gay muny. On the one hand, some have laid asi God’s clear teachg that homosexualy is a s an attempt to show the love of God.

Share what the Bible teach about homosexual activy (Mk. On the other hand, some have neglected passn and have harbored a nscendg attu toward people who practice homosexual s.

FROM GAY TO GOSPEL: THE FASCATG STORY OF BECKET COOK

As we reach out to those gay muny, we mt strive to do so wh a siar heart. Ask God to help you to see those the gay muny as he do so you n mister wh nvictn and passn.

As was for Josh, the gay muny is a refuge om the rejectn and ner turmoil that many gay people experience.

THE GAY GOSPEL? HOW PRO-GAY ADVOT MISREAD THE BIBLE

This may seem odd light of the way many monize the church bee of s “bigotry, ” but I tst that as we build relatnships wh gay iends and ve them to our hom and to our liv, they will see the te muny of which they have only dreamed.

One of the most stctive tim I’ve had the past was when a new believer was beg baptized and he shared openly about g out of a gay life style.