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Contents:
- WHY ‘GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN’ IS WRONG ABOUT THE BIBLE AND SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS
- GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN
- GOD & THE GAY CHRISTIAN
- GAY CHRISTIAN BOOKS
- CAN YOU BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN?: RPONDG WH LOVE AND TTH TO QUTNS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY PAPERBACK – ILLTRATED, MAY 6, 2014
- THE GAY GOSPEL? HOW PRO-GAY ADVOT MISREAD THE BIBLE
- EVANGELILS REVIEW MATTHEW V' 'GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN' BOOK
WHY ‘GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN’ IS WRONG ABOUT THE BIBLE AND SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS
Books shelved as lgbt-christian: God and the Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships by Matthew V, Torn: Rcug the G... * the gay christian book *
In March 2012, Matthew V posted a vio on YouTube suggtg that "beg gay is not a s, " and that the Bible "do not nmn, lovg, mted same-sex relatnships. So V sought to arm himself wh biblil scholarship on the affirmatn of same-sex relatnships and strove to nvce his fay and church that they were wrong—that homosexualy is not a s. V's new book, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships, expounds further on the arguments ma his vio.
GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN
As a young Christian man, Matthew V harbored the same basic hop of most young people: to some-day share his life wh someone, to build a fay of his own, to give and receive love. But when he realized he was gay, those hop were lled to qutn. The Bible, he’d been tght, nmned gay relatnships. Feelg the tensn between his unrstandg of the Bible and the realy of his same-sex orientatn, V voted years of tensive rearch to what the Bible says about homosexualy. Wh re and precisn, V asked qutns such as: • Do biblil teachgs on the marriage venant preclu same-sex marriage or not?• How should we apply the teachgs of J to the gay bate?• Can celibacy be a llg when is mandated, not chosen?• What did Pl have md when he warned agast same-sex relatns? Unique s affirmatn of both an orthodox fah and sexual diversy, God and the Gay Christian has sparked heated bate, scere soul searchg, and wispread cultural change on the issue of what means to be a fahful gay Christian. God & the Gay Christian (9781601425188) by Matthew V * the gay christian book *
His aim is not to prent new rmatn, but to synthize gay-affirmg arguments and make them accsible for a broar and younger dience.
God and the Gay Christian begs wh an emotnal appeal om Matthew 7:18, "A good tree nnot bear bad u. " V stat that universal nmnatn of same-sex relatnships has been damagg and stctive for those who intify as gay Christians, producg bad u (prsn and suici, for stance).
GOD & THE GAY CHRISTIAN
225 books based on 78 vot: God and the Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships by Matthew V, Transformg: The Bible ... * the gay christian book *
Cg 1 Timothy 4:3, V even argu that those who forbid gay marriage are false teachers who promote hostily toward God's creatn. Six biblil passag directly addrs homosexualy, and V sists that none addrs same-sex orientatn as we know today.
GAY CHRISTIAN BOOKS
Books shelved as gay-christian: Torn: Rcug the Gospel om the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate by Jt Lee, Washed and Wag: Reflectns on Christian... * the gay christian book *
Pl Romans 1:26-27 is not referrg to monogamo, gay relatnships, but stead to ltful excs and the breakg of ctomary genr rol. Unlike others who advote rpectful dialogue on this divisive issue, V charg that those who do not affirm same-sex relatnships are sng by distortg the image of God and are sentially rponsible for the suicis of many gay Christians.
CAN YOU BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN?: RPONDG WH LOVE AND TTH TO QUTNS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY PAPERBACK – ILLTRATED, MAY 6, 2014
* the gay christian book *
One of the ma weakns of God and the Gay Christian is that V's methodology of biblil terpretatn clash wh the high view of the Bible he claims to hold. Intertgly, a chapla gave me a book om a gay-affirmg thor, John Boswell, claimg that homosexualy is not a s.
THE GAY GOSPEL? HOW PRO-GAY ADVOT MISREAD THE BIBLE
Can homosexualy and Christiany -exist? Joe Dallas experienced firsthand the ceptn of ung 'Gay' wh 'Gospel' and this book sheds light on this prevalent, misleadg theology that believ beg actively gay and Christian are patible. In a sensive approach - balanced, yet very straightforward - Dallas provis the tools to munite tth to those who have adopted a pro-gay gospel. The Gay Gospel? How Pro-Gay Advot Misread the Bible (9780736918343) by Joe Dallas * the gay christian book *
In God and the Gay Christian, V reli heavily upon other thors, many of whom also began wh a strong gay-affirmg bias. Michael Carn, a ge gay Catholic who dabbl astrology, has wrten on the "homo-erotics of atonement" and ntributed to the Queer Bible Commentary, which draws upon "femist, queer, nstctnist, utopian theori, the social scienc and historil-cril disurs.
" Dale Mart, an openly gay man, believ neher that J' rurrectn is a historil fact, nor that the historil J believed he was dive.
EVANGELILS REVIEW MATTHEW V' 'GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN' BOOK
The view of same-sex orientatn exprsed God and the Gay Christian mirrors V's own gay-male experienc. V exhorts gay-affirmg Christians to help her a morn reformatn by "speakg the tth, " which for him starts wh personal life stori. I pletely agree wh V that many gays, lbians, and other same-sex attracted people have stggled to rencile their fah and sexualy whout much help om the church.
Other church only talk about the immoraly of , while neglectg to discs how the transformative msage of the gospel is also for gays and lbians. We are not ready to addrs the issue of homosexualy (or even sexualy general) if we have not first reemed biblil sglens. V lims the power of God by actually believg that there is no possibily for gays and lbians to marry someone of the oppose sex.
Christopher Yuan () is -thor, wh his mother, of Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son's Journey to God, A Broken Mother's Search for Hope (WaterBrook Prs). Praise for God and the Gay Christian“For anyone who wants to know why some evangelils fd that the Bible do not nmn same-genr marriage, Matthew V’s book answers the qutn. ”— Tony Campolo, profsor emer, Eastern Universy; -thor of Red Letter Christians“Many people believe you n eher hold a high view of Scripture or affirm gay relatnships, but not both.