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.
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10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
Requirg that all gay Christians rema celibate for life bee of their sexual orientatn is at odds wh the Bible’s teachgs on celibacy. Contue Readg >> and Gomorrah addrs gang rape, not a lovg stctn of Sodom and Gomorrah is monly assumed to have been the rult of God’s wrath agast homosexualy, but the only form of same-sex behavr scribed the story is an attempted gang rape (Genis 19:5)—nothg like the lovg, mted relatnships that are wispread today.
For every verse that anti-LGBTQ Christians say nmns homosexualy, there are a dozen that clearly nmn somethg we support or support somethg we nmn (which isn’t to say that those passag even do nmn queer people). I have a nfsn to make to you: sometim, when I lay bed on particularly rtls nights (ually when I’ve stayed up way too late and had way too many Pepsis) I stare at the ceilg and ntemplate eher (a) the vastns and meangls of the Universe or (b) “what if they are right and is a s to be gay??? And then eventually I fall asleep and allow to slip away three s of relentls homophobia that have been thrown at me.
God’s Love & Tth Romans 1:22-32, Dteronomy 22:5Judgment & Damnatn Ju 7Fivens: Confs Homosexualy is Sful 1 John 1:9. The Bible teach homosexuals and lbians: “Profsg themselv to be wise, they beme fools, and changed the glory of the unrptible God to an image ma like to rptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creepg thgs. Homosexual s God’s fierce judgment, “like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah… which the LORD overthrew his anger, and his wrath”.