Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill has passed the state Senate and will almost certaly be signed to law. Bills are movg forward Idaho and Alabama that would make providg genr-affirmg re to mors a felony. And the are only three of a growg number of stat that have passed or are tryg to pass such reprsive laws. How n we addrs this onslght agast LGBTQ children and youth?
Contents:
- HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS RPOND TO GAY FRIENDS OR FAY MEMBERS?
- HOW TO TALK WH A GAY OR LBIAN PERSON
- HOW TO BEHAVE AROUND GAY PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THEM
HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS RPOND TO GAY FRIENDS OR FAY MEMBERS?
Let's all boldly share the gospel so that our gay iends n be saved. * how to deal with lgbt *
Those we re about the LGBTQI+ ((lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersexed) muny — iends, fay members, lleagu, and neighbors — mt nont stigma and prejudice based on their sexual orientatn or genr inty while also alg wh the societal bias agast mental health ndns. Fd provirs om the Gay and Lbian Medil Associatn Directory and the Associatn of Gay and Lbian Psychiatrists. 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.
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.
HOW TO TALK WH A GAY OR LBIAN PERSON
Visibily is key to endg LGBTQ discrimatn, as Harvey Milk rightly said: 'Gay people, we will not w our rights by stayg quietly our closets.' * how to deal with lgbt *
“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. The Bible clearly tells that homosexualy is s and those participatg will never her the Kgdom of God (see 1 Corthians 6:9).
You won't see any gay person stg bi God His Kgdom, but He do want the LGBT muny to be wh Him – but only the right way (see John 14:6). Homosexualy is s, and so is heterosexual lt, where a straight man sexually lts after a woman. Both are sful, and God wants to liberate both the homosexual and the heterosexual om s.
HOW TO BEHAVE AROUND GAY PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THEM
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We mt have passn for the homosexual person, but we mt hate the spir of homosexualy that keeps the person bondage. Tth be told, homosexualy is a perversn that God hat.
Christ died for homosexualy to be eradited, and for the homosexual person to be saved, reemed, and rtored to their thentic inty Christ – a man as a man and a woman as a woman (see Genis 1:27). Yet we mt remember that homosexualy is s, and the homosexual is a person. Friends, we mt love the LGBT people enough to tell them that homosexualy will be judged, while also lettg them know that God lov them and wants them to be saved.
Let's all boldly share the gospel so that our gay iends n be saved. In addn to believg that homosexualy [LGBT or any sexual viatn] is forbidn and that is a spible and heo evil act, a Mlim should al wh those who m this wrongdog a manner that achiev two benefs:. That’s bee Kaltenbach has an sir perspective, havg been raised by a dad and mom who divorced and penntly me out of the closet as a gay man and a lbian.
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Today, he manag the tensn of holdg to the tradnal biblil teachg on sexualy while lovg his gay parents. Kaltenbach’s unique story is tailed his new book Msy Grace: How a Pastor wh Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Whout Sacrificg Convictn and land him on the ont page of the New York Tim June. In your book you say that ’s time for Christians to own the issue of homosexualy.
If you are an ally of the LGBT+ muny, you may be ncerned about behavg a way that supports that attu. If you stggle to accept gay people, you may not be sure how to talk to them whout brgg up your own beliefs.... * how to deal with lgbt *
If someone who is LGBT says that ’s not maly about sex, why immediately throw the “homosexualy vers” their way? I see this love lived out by some parents of gay teenagers. Many examed Scripture, believe that sexual timacy is for a man and woman marriage, and aren’t homophobic or hateful.
At some pot, they will throw out Bible vers ncerng homosexualy or marriage. Is attendg a gay weddg a tac affirmatn of the sacredns of the vows beg exchanged? However, all passag alg wh homosexualy agree that same-sex timacy isn’t God’s sign — monogamo or not.
Create support for parents of gay teenagers. ’07) is the lead pastor at Disvery Church Simi Valley, Calif., and the thor of Msy Grace: How a Pastor wh Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Whout Sacrificg Convictn.