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Contents:
- HOW CAN CHRISTIAN PARENTS RPOND TO THEIR GAY CHILD?
- HOW SHOULD CHRISTIAN PARENTS RPOND IF ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN OUT AS GAY?
- HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
- A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ON PARENTG A GAY CHILD
- “MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
- RPONDG LOVE TO AN ADULT GAY CHILD
- SHOULD CHRISTIANS “DISOWN” GAY SONS AND DGHTERS?
- RPONDG TO A “GAY CHRISTIAN” THE FAY
HOW CAN CHRISTIAN PARENTS RPOND TO THEIR GAY CHILD?
The Bible is not silent on parentg, and that clus when a child out as gay or lbian. Learn how to bt handle this hot topic God's way. * christian parents dealing with gay children *
A Hot Topic Requirg Patience and LoveOf all of the trendg topics seen the media today, none is more emotnally charged or ntroversial than the topic of homosexualy or same-sex attractn.
Christians are havg a difficult time articulatg a posn that is both biblilly fahful and grac/lovg to those wh a homosexual part of this discsn has to do wh should Christian parents do if their son or dghter “ out” and clar themselv to be gay? How n Christian parents rpond to their gay child?
Thankfully, Christians have a rich text that giv the words and heart of the Creator of the me give three practil prcipl that n help Christian parents rpond to their gay child.
HOW SHOULD CHRISTIAN PARENTS RPOND IF ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN OUT AS GAY?
How should Christian parents rpond if one of their children out as gay? How n Christian parents show love towards a homosexual son or dghter? * christian parents dealing with gay children *
Reject Gay Therapy as an End GoalOver the past or longer, this seems to have been the prevalent Christian parental rponse for havg a gay child. The goal of “gay therapy” is to reorient the sexual orientatn om homosexual feelgs to heterosexual feelgs. Parents should not have the goal of nvertg their child om homosexualy to heterosexualy.
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HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
* christian parents dealing with gay children *
We also need to extend grace to those children who have been abandoned or abed by their parents or fay who have mishandled the 1:16 – For om his fullns we have all received, grace upon is how parents should rpond to their gay child; grace upon grace. If a child reveals his or her homosexualy, the first thg for Christian parents to do is let their child know that, no matter what, love and grace will w the day.
A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ON PARENTG A GAY CHILD
For a now, Christian parents have been askg my wife and me for help parentg their gay kids. As a Christian dad of a gay son, I wish there had been someone to talk me through the issu raised by my son’s disclosure of his sexualy. But the evangelil church has until very recently said very ltle about homosexualy, except that is a s and that those who * christian parents dealing with gay children *
Parents should also enurage a child who has “e out” not to fe himself as a “homosexual. Parents n e alongsi a stgglg child and help him see that he is not “gay” simply bee he has homosexual thoughts.
Rather, he is stgglg wh homosexual sir or same-sex attractn.
“MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
The difference between stgglg wh homosexualy and intifyg onelf as gay may seem subtle, but is a huge distctn, and here’s why.
God never created to be homosexual. Christians may stggle wh same-sex attractn, but that do not make them homosexuals. Y, homosexualy is sful, but not to a level above that of heterosexual lt or lyg or pri.
And the Bible says that homosexualy is unter to God’s tend purpose for human begs.
RPONDG LOVE TO AN ADULT GAY CHILD
If a child says, “I am homosexual.
SHOULD CHRISTIANS “DISOWN” GAY SONS AND DGHTERS?
How should Christian parents rpond if one of their children out as gay?
RPONDG TO A “GAY CHRISTIAN” THE FAY
When a child first out to their parents as eher beg gay or havg same-sex attractn, their ial rpons are ually the wrong on, says Chris Doyle, a psychotherapist who specializ York Cy gay pri para crowd this undated photo.
"Sce homosexualy is beg more wily accepted Amerin society, an creasg number of teens who experience SSA are intifyg as gay. They believe that if you experience same-sex attractns, then you're gay, " Doyle told the negative rpons parents have, acrdg to Doyle, are avoidg the issue by barrg their child om talkg about SSA or their gay inty; believg that 's a passg phase; or threateng to kick their olr teen or 20-somethg child out of the hoe.