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Contents:
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- ‘GOD LOV GAY PEOPLE’: FORMER LGBT PERSONS SHARE TRANSFORMATNAL POWER OF GOD
- WHAT ARE RELIG TEXTS REALLY SAYG ABOUT GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS?
- FIRST-PERSON: Y ED, GOD LOV GAYS
- LEARNG TO SAY ‘GOD IS LOVE’ WHEN YOU’RE GAY
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. * god loves lgbt *
Msy Grace: How a Pastor wh Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Whout Sacrificg Convictn by Caleb Kaltenbach — Msy Grace shows that J’s mand to “love your neighbor as yourself” don’t have an exceptn clse for a gay “neighbor”—or for that matter, any other “neighbor” we might fd hard to relate to. The term “homosexual” didn’t exist until 1892. Some morn Bible translatns say that “homosexuals” will not her the kgdom of God, but neher the ncept nor the word for people wh exclive same-sex attractn existed before the late 19th century.
While the Bible rejects ltful same-sex behavr, that’s very different om a nmnatn of all gay people and relatnships. Requirg that all gay people rema celibate is at odds wh the Bible’s teachgs on celibacy, which are ground Scripture’s re affirmatn that God’s physil creatn is good.
Mastream nomatns like Prbyterians and Epispalians now orda openly gay clergy, and there are seeds of change evangelil church as well. Matthew V is the thor of God and the Gay Christian and is the founr of The Reformatn Project, a Bible-based non-prof anizatn that seeks to reform church teachg on sexual orientatn and genr inty.
‘GOD LOV GAY PEOPLE’: FORMER LGBT PERSONS SHARE TRANSFORMATNAL POWER OF GOD
* god loves lgbt *
God isn’t aaid to tell the tth about sexual isn’t tempted to lie about pornography, fornitn, adultery—and pecially, homosexualy, and lov sners too much for that. God isn’t tempted to hi His love, mercy, and grace om homosexual and transgenr people.
So we should act like culture celebrat homosexualy and transgenrism.
Therefore many Christians are creasgly tempted to bee sympathetic or supportive of homosexualy and transgenrism. A few days ago, a person sent me a msage askg:“On the topic of s and homosexualy I wanted your Biblil perspective as I work wh many gay married people and I never know how to rpond. [I] unrstand the Bible says actg on homosexual behavr is a s same as hatg your neighboor.
WHAT ARE RELIG TEXTS REALLY SAYG ABOUT GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS?
So then how are homosexuals who have e to Christ then to rry out there liv? ”Judgg om some of the ments by profsg Christians on my recent Instagram post about homosexualy, many profsg Christians are tempted to disagree wh what the Bible says about homosexualy and LGBTQ issu. Acrdg to the Pew Rearch Center, 54% of profsg Christians believe homosexualy “should be accepted”, and only 38% believe should be disuraged.
FIRST-PERSON: Y ED, GOD LOV GAYS
In my reply to the person who msaged me about homosexualy, I suggted isn’t heartbreakg to suffer for Christ—’s more heartbreakg to suffer for ’s not heartbreakg when people ny themselv om homosexualy—’s heartbreakg when people ny Christ for homosexualy. God don’t whisper about His hatred for homosexualy and transgenrism—bee He don’t whisper about His love and grace for repentant LGBTQ people. The Pew Rearch Center shared last year that the majory of people who approved of homosexual liftyl didn’t nsir relign important their daily liv.
LEARNG TO SAY ‘GOD IS LOVE’ WHEN YOU’RE GAY
And holdg to God’s revealed tth His Word ncerng homosexualy is even more dangero, ” Becket Cook wrote his book, A Change of Affectn: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Remptn. “If you believe that homosexualy is a s, you are immediately labeled a bigot or homophobic. Homosexualy is plited, but ’s not a gray area.
Cook remds his rears, there are gay pri paras but not gossip pri paras. “Homosexual orientatn affects the whole person: the md, will, emotn and body, ” he wr. “The nscienc of today’s Christians are beg rpted by the opprsive cultural i and the extreme social prsure surroundg the issue of homosexualy, but we know that the law of the Lord is wrten on our hearts (Jeremiah 31:31-33) and though we may succeed mutg our nscience, the Word of God is eternal, ” Cook said.