Contents:
- TONY EVANS: GAY MARRIAGE IS NOT ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS
- LEAVG GAY MARRIAGE UP TO GOD? OAK CLIFF BIBLE FELLOWSHIP’S DR. TONY EVANS REACTS TO PRINT OBAMA’S SAME SEX MARRIAGE ENDORSEMENT
- LEAVG GAY MARRIAGE UP TO GOD?
- SAME BIBLE, DIFFERENT VERDICT ON GAY MARRIAGE
TONY EVANS: GAY MARRIAGE IS NOT ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS
Tony Evans, pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship church and print of The Urban Alternative, recently shared his perspective on why the issue of homosexualy is unavoidable today's cultural climate, and explaed why he believ Christians nnot afford to rema silent or promise on "God's standard about sexualy and the fay. Lois the transcript of CP's terview wh the Dallas, Texas, pastor and btsellg thor, or watch the discsn the vio player The issue of homosexualy and same-sex marriage seems unavoidable nowadays. It seems to have a much greater potential impact than other ss, and that's why gets the domant attentn 's What's your rponse to crics who say Christians that harp on homosexualy are beg hypocril by appearg ld on other issu, like divorce and adultery?
Bee the repercsns, or nsequenc of homosexual s that leads to homosexual marriage and th the refn of the fay, that nsequence is greater. For example, there are illns and diseas that are more poignantly nnected to homosexualy than typilly heterosexual relatnships, although there n be nsequenc there, too. Our goal is to take our stand wh Scripture and let the chips fall where they may, but that stand needs to still be taken There's the longstandg reputatn that the Black Church has Ameri of beg silent on the issue of homosexualy, of perhaps havg a policy of "don't ask, don't tell.
Print Barack Obama recently went on rerd as sayg homosexual upl should be able to marry and he ced a biblil ntext to expla his views.
LEAVG GAY MARRIAGE UP TO GOD? OAK CLIFF BIBLE FELLOWSHIP’S DR. TONY EVANS REACTS TO PRINT OBAMA’S SAME SEX MARRIAGE ENDORSEMENT
Leavg gay marriage up to God?
READ: Bt-sellg thor Eugene Peterson chang his md on gay marriage. Evangelil lear, thor and HGTV star Jen Hatmaker publicly changed her views on gay marriage 2016.
He fend tradnal marriage a 2008 Christiany Today article, sayg he wasn’t sure he’d perform a same-sex blsg, although he did exprs support for gay and lbian civil rights.
LEAVG GAY MARRIAGE UP TO GOD?
After takg a leave of absence om Harvard Universy to study the Bible and homosexualy, Matthew V gave a speech at his church about acceptg gay Christians that has amassed over 1 ln views on YouTube sce 2012. He also started The Reformatn Project, a nonprof tryg to “reform church teachg on sexual orientatn and genr inty, ” and wrote the book “God and the Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships. The former pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church publicly stated his views on gay marriage while speakg at San Francis’s Grace Cathedral 2013.
In a post on his webse tled “My Comg Out Letter, ” Christian rock mician Trey Pearson told fans that he intified as a gay man, spe beg married wh children.
SAME BIBLE, DIFFERENT VERDICT ON GAY MARRIAGE
Sce g out, he has wrten about life as a gay Christian and created a mic vio pictg his experience. Although she has intified as gay sce high school, Julie Rodgers has officially supported gay marriage for only a few years.
As she has chronicled on her blog and The Washgton Post, she first spent a long time advotg celibacy for Christians who were gay or lbian. ” This label om her posns on LGBT rights and homosexualy, topics she’s grappled wh publicly sce startg her blog 2008. In one of her old posts, “An Evangelil’s Rponse to Homosexualy, ” she ref to chose a si of the issue but do adm to wonrg if the evangelil church “has wrong.