The Prbyterian Church (USA) officially regnized gay marriage this week.
Contents:
- 10 QUTNS FOR CHRISTIANS WHO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
- WHERE SHOULD WE, AS CHRISTIANS, STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE?
- 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
- HOW SHOULD A CHRISTIAN RPOND TO “GAY MARRIAGE”?
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- I AM A CHRISTIAN AND I SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
- HOW CAN SOME CHRISTIANS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE?
- FIVE QUTNS FOR CHRISTIANS WHO BELIEVE THE BIBLE SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
10 QUTNS FOR CHRISTIANS WHO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
10 Qutns for Christians Who Support Gay Marriage - Trendg Christian blog and mentary on * can i be a christian and support gay marriage *
Supreme Court’s lg on gay marriage has yet to subsi. They’re glad for the lg and see no ntradictn between the tenants of God’s Word and gay marriage. How long have you believed that gay marriage is somethg to be celebrated?
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? * can i be a christian and support gay marriage *
Do you thk J would have been okay wh homosexual behavr between nsentg adults a mted relatnship? What arguments would you e to expla to Christians Ai, Asia, and South Ameri that their unrstandg of homosexualy is biblilly rrect and your new unrstandg of homosexualy is not culturally ndned? Should your brothers and sisters Christ who disagree wh homosexual practice be allowed to exercise their relig beliefs whout fear of punishment, retributn, or ercn?
Boyn, a former lbian, left the homosexual liftyle when Christ ma her new. Wh that clarifyg ment, we n addrs the qutn head-on: Why would a Christian feel nscience bound not to attend or participate a gay weddg?
Which is why—as much as I might want to build bridg wh a lbian iend or reassure a gay fay member that I re for him and want to have a relatnship wh him—I would not attend a same-sex weddg ceremony. If a gay uple next door v you over for dner, don't turn them down. And, as paful as may be for and for those we love, celebratg and supportg homosexual unns is not somethg God or His Word will allow to do.
3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
* can i be a christian and support gay marriage *
A Christian n e at the issue of gay marriage om several different directns. To a person—Christian or not—who is an tegral, lovg part of the world, gay marriage almost mak sense.
HOW SHOULD A CHRISTIAN RPOND TO “GAY MARRIAGE”?
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. * can i be a christian and support gay marriage *
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.
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
The passage also shows how gay marriage relat to the cross.
I AM A CHRISTIAN AND I SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
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. Homosexualy is a rult of the rejectn of God (Romans 1:21-25). Gay marriage is the stutnalizatn of the rejectn of God.
HOW CAN SOME CHRISTIANS SUPPORT 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?
“There are also mted Christians who believe, hontly, that homosexualy is sful and fli the face of what God sir.”More than 300 signers clu theologian Walter Beggemann, Dartmouth College historian Randall Balmer, Louisville Semary theology profsor Amy Plantga Pw, Yale Universy emer profsor Nick Wolterstorff and pastor Brian McLaren.“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. Although I’ve wrten several posts the past about homosexualy and “gay marriage, ” I’ve not wrten anythg on the subject sce the Supreme Court hand down their landmark lg.
FIVE QUTNS FOR CHRISTIANS WHO BELIEVE THE BIBLE SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
What will you do when a homosexual -worker v you to attend his weddg? What will you do when a homosexual uple, who liv next door to you, asks if they n e your church buildg for their weddg?
But make no mistake, fahful Christians CANNOT give approval to homosexual behavr. God’s word clearly says, those who “give approval” to ss – and homosexualy is specifilly mentned – are jt as guilty as those who “practice them” (Romans 1:32). If we support gay marriage, we are no iend of God.
So before you attend a gay iend’s weddg ceremony or do anythg that shows approval of s, remember, “whoever wish to be a iend of the world mak himself an enemy of God.
GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
If we support gay marriage, we are no iend of homosexuals.
I’ve said before and I’ll say aga, I love homosexuals. God lov homosexuals. J lov homosexuals.
Not only is the person who liv a homosexual liftyle sng agast God, he is sng agast himself.