Sgle, Gay, Christian Quot by Gregory Col

Contents:

• SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN
• I RONATE—AND DISAGREE—WH THIS GAY CHRISTIAN
• SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN: A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF FAH AND SEXUAL INTY - EBOOK
• SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN - REVIEW
• SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN
• SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN QUOT
• GAY CHRISTIAN BOOKS
• REVIEW: SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN
• SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN: A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF FAH AND SEXUAL INTY
• SGLE, GAY, AND CHRISTIAN (GREG COL INTERVIEW PT. 1)
• SGLE GAY CHRISTIAN A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF FAH AND SEXUAL INTY
• "GAY CHRISTIANY" IS COMG INTO THE CHURCH
• REVIEW: SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN BY GREGORY COL

SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN

It is the ndid, movg, tensely personal story of a gay young man who wants to live his life unr the thory of Kg J and who ref to accept the fortg answers proffered by different parts of the culture.

I RONATE—AND DISAGREE—WH THIS GAY CHRISTIAN

"Debra Hirsch, thor of Reemg Sex"Greg Col has poured himself out betifully this transparent acunt of his life wh Christ as a young gay man. "Eve Th, thor of Gay and Catholic"Col's book offers a service to Christian lears to engage meangful nversatn wh a brother Christ. Koslowsky, Prbytern: Covenant Semary Review, 44/2 (Fall 2018)"Sgle, Gay, Christian is a great read for anybody, but pecially those terted qutns of marriage, sexualy, and relatnships general the ntext of the church.

I eagerly read Gregory Col’s Sgle, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Fah and Sexual Inty as soon as I received . Exercis like the are necsary bee the church has often failed people stgglg this way—by enuragg revulsn toward gay people and suggtg they mt bee straight to fulfill God’s mand.

SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN: A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF FAH AND SEXUAL INTY - EBOOK

He prefers “gay” bee  don’t gloss over what he experienc, even though he’s aware that the church n rry the nnotatn of one who acts on their sir. He wr, “[I]f I’m hont, there are issu I nsir more theologilly straightforward than gay marriage that scere Christians have disagreed on for centuri” (108).

Rather than hold out the possibily that the Bible might be okay wh homosexual relatnships—which I believe is likely to damage those the thick of same-sex sir—I’d rather affirm the strongt terms that God is clear, and plead that his Word be read. Tle: Sgle, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Fah and Sexual Inty - eBookBy: Gregory ColFormat: DRM Free ePubVendor: IVPPublitn Date: 2017ISBN-13: 9780830890934Stock No: WW95156EB. Foreword INDIES Award Falist IVP Rears' Choice Award In an age where neher society nor the church knows what to do wh gay Christians, Greg Col tells his own story.

I'll tell you how I lay on my bed the middle of the night and whispered to myself the words I've whispered a thoand tim sce: "I'm gay.

SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN - REVIEW

" Sgle, Gay, Christian is a great read for anybody, but pecially those terted qutns of marriage, sexualy, and relatnships general the ntext of the church.

SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN

Upon first readg the story of someone who had grown up as a gay Christian and was mted to celibacy, she told me, “I’ve never heard an acunt like this before—om someone who voluntarily has the experienc but don’t pursue them. In prev s, mastream disurse on homosexualy had prented her wh a false dichotomy: A person wh same-sex attractns uld eher choose to totally embrace them and promiscuoly act them out or else flee them entirely—ially, wh the goal of experiencg them no longer. As a Christian who, sce the onset of adolcence, has experienced persistent attractns to other men, he has land at the center of the bate about the rrect moral rponse to homosexualy.

In Sgle, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Fah and Sexual Inty, Col wr whout an agenda but stead wh the hope of lightg a bean for other same-sex-oriented Christians who feel trapped a siarly dntg place.

SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN QUOT

” He knew his same-sex orientatn was not changg, but he lacked the nfince to move forward as a gay person nservative Christian circl. When Col brought up the possibily of fay iends or mistry partners refg to accept him upon learng that he was gay, his typilly guard father replied, “If someone has a problem wh that, then screw them.

We sometim act as though mted gay believers should have their approach to rencilg fah and sexualy entirely worked out, right this moment.

GAY CHRISTIAN BOOKS

Col gets at this ficiency wh what he lls the “bumper sticker hermentic”: the assumptn that merely recg the six Bible passag directly addrsg homosexualy—likely lifted out of ntext—will offer sufficient persuasn.

However, for this teachg to be a source of life and enuragement, we will have to do our utmost to help the same-sex-attracted brother or sister to, as Col stat, “thrive as a celibate gay person the church. But the celibate gay Christian is not at a temporary rt statn and n experience tense lonels ponrg the future, jt as Adam did the Garn.

REVIEW: SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN

When gay people are flatly told to “jt be celibate, ” this feels harsh and seems like a mand to settle for ls, if not an exprsn of outright prejudice. One of his rervatns wrg the book was that his celibacy uld bee “a means by which other Christians feel jtified nmng non-celibate gay men and lbian women.

SGLE, GAY, CHRISTIAN: A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF FAH AND SEXUAL INTY

Christian young people stgglg to e to terms wh a same-sex orientatn will fd Sgle, Gay, Christian to be a helpful rource, as will parents and church lears lookg to learn more about homosexualy—and about how to rpond to sons, dghters, and church members who are g out or askg qutns. Col has told an engagg, humble, ground story that ph to velop a workable theology of sglens while thkg rigoroly about better ways to love and rpect gay people—si and outsi the church.

SGLE, GAY, AND CHRISTIAN (GREG COL INTERVIEW PT. 1)

6, 2017: eagerly read Gregory Col’s Sgle, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Fah and Sexual Inty as soon as I received . It’s effective— helps straight Christians unrstand how tractable orientatn n by ChristiansExercis like the are necsary bee the church has often failed people stgglg this way—by enuragg revulsn toward gay people and suggtg they mt bee straight to fulfill God’s mand.

He prefers “gay” bee don’t gloss over what he experienc, even though he’s aware that the church n rry the nnotatn of one who acts on their sir. He wr, “[I]f I’m hont, there are issu I nsir more theologilly straightforward than gay marriage that scere Christians have disagreed on for centuri” (108) urse scere Christians disagree on baptism, but on that qutn there are arguments on both sis that make sense of the Bible as a whole whole. Rather than hold out the possibily that the Bible might be okay wh homosexual relatnships—which I believe is likely to damage those the thick of same-sex sir—I’d rather affirm the strongt terms that God is clear, and plead that his Word be we allow the new affirmg view as a valid optn for the Christian, even if ferr to the tradnal view, I believe, wh Don Carson, that we make a disastro pastoral and theologil move, bee we end up allowg some of those who claim Christ to persist see Col beg down this path a b when he par a same-sex married Christian to a straight, sexually impure Christian woman.

My gay heart knows by stct what so many straight men mt fight to learn: that men were signed to know one another eply, to be timate, to love wh a love that isn’t aaid of lookg unmascule. Foreword INDIES Award FalistIVP Rears' Choice AwardIn an age where neher society nor the church knows what to do wh gay Christians, Greg Col tells his own 's make a al, you and me. I'll tell you how I lay on my bed the middle of the night and whispered to myself the words I've whispered a thoand tim sce:"I'm gay.

SGLE GAY CHRISTIAN A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF FAH AND SEXUAL INTY

There’s no shortage of books wrten by profsg Christians about the issue of homosexualy, whether personal narrativ, theologil treatis or biblil mentari.

Gregory Col’ Sgle, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Fah and Sexual Inty easily is one of the bt books on the subject I’ve read, bee tak the qutns serly.

Col tells how he me to realize he was gay, how he me to the nvictn that followg J would mean a life of celibacy, and his experienc sce. Col’ tone is posive and helpful, and the book als as much wh the ncept of sglens the ntext of Christian disciplhip as do wh homosexualy.

"GAY CHRISTIANY" IS COMG INTO THE CHURCH

Sgle, Gay, Christian is a great read for anybody, but pecially those terted qutns of marriage, sexualy and relatnships general the ntext of the church.

I’ll tell you how I lay on my bed the middle of the night and whispered to myself the words I’ve whispered a thoand tim sce: “I’m gay. "Sgle, Gay, Christian is a great read for anybody, but pecially those terted qutns of marriage, sexualy, and relatnships general the ntext of the church.

Book excerpt: In an age where neher society nor the church knows what to do wh gay Christians, Greg Col shar his story—a story about a boy love wh J who, at the fateful onset of puberty, realized his sexual attractns were persistently and exclively for other guys. PDF Ebook Sgle, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Fah and Sexual Inty, by Gregory ColYou should start lovg analysis.

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