The Prbyterian Church (USA) officially regnized gay marriage this week.
Contents:
- WHERE SHOULD WE, AS CHRISTIANS, STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE?
- 10 QUTNS FOR CHRISTIANS WHO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- I AM A CHRISTIAN AND I SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
- 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
- HOW SHOULD A CHRISTIAN RPOND TO “GAY MARRIAGE”?
WHERE SHOULD WE, AS CHRISTIANS, STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE?
Where should we, as Christians, stand on gay marriage? What is a Christian rponse to the same-sex marriage bate? * christian and support gay marriage *
“There are also mted Christians who believe, hontly, that homosexualy is sful and fli the face of what God sir. “I would like the world to know that there are many Christians who support the hirg of gay Christians Christian stutns, ” said Julia Stronks, a polil science profsor at Whworth Universy who anized the letter. A Christian n e at the issue of gay marriage om several different directns.
10 QUTNS FOR CHRISTIANS WHO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
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To a person—Christian or not—who is an tegral, lovg part of the world, gay marriage almost mak sense. This is the dilemma for some Christians regardg gay marriage: do we agree wh what God says or follow the wisdom of the world? The passage relat to the issue of gay marriage on two levels.
The wisdom and logic of the world may very well dite that gay marriage is a basic right. But no one who is learned the Bible n hontly say that the Bible supports homosexual relatnships. The passage also shows how gay marriage relat to the cross.
Many Christians, particularly those who are theologilly and/or polilly nservative, are not encumbered wh sympathetic feelgs regardg homosexual behavr. Gay marriage has been accepted by many untri, and that acceptance is likely to spread. The agenda to normalize homosexualy by legally regnizg same-sex marriage is well on s way.
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. * christian and support gay marriage *
Homosexualy is a rult of the rejectn of God (Romans 1:21-25). Gay marriage is the stutnalizatn of the rejectn of God.
WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
Perhaps gay marriage do herald the end of the world, but that's what we've been lookg forward to, anyway (Revelatn 22:20). Pray for those ught homosexualy.
The Bible teach how Christians should rpond to gay marriage. Is homosexualy a s? At the heart of the claim that the Bible is clear "that homosexualy is forbidn by God" is poor biblil scholarship and a cultural bias read to the Bible.
What Do The Bible Say About Homosexualy?
I AM A CHRISTIAN AND I SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
Although s unlikely that the biblil thors had any notn of sexual orientatn (for example, the term homosexual wasn't even ed until the late 19th century) for many people of fah, the Bible is looked to for timels guidance on what means to honor God wh our liv; and this most certaly clus our sexualy. ” In askg, “What do the Bible say about homosexualy” (or more appropriately stated, “what do the Bible say about attractn to someone of the same sex, ”) our task is to explore what the relevant biblil passag on the topic meant their origal ntext and what they mean for today.
God and The Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships (Convergent Books, 2014)Jam V. 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.
3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
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. 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. Sce g out, he has wrten about life as a gay Christian and created a mic vio pictg his experience.
HOW SHOULD A CHRISTIAN RPOND TO “GAY MARRIAGE”?
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. While he said recently that his church, Northland, A Church Distributed, will mata that the Bible prohibs gay relatnships, he now believ nservative church should wele and support those of all sexual orientatns.
Durg her keynote addrs at the 2015 Gay Christian Network’s annual nference, the U. Supreme Court’s lg on gay marriage has yet to subsi.