Can you be gay and Christian? New rearch has found that LGBT Christians and pastors alike mt grapple wh difficult spirual qutns.
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- GAY MARRIAGE AND HOMOSEXUALY: WHAT HAVE JOEL OSTEEN, BILLY AND FRANKL GRAHAM, JOYCE MEYER, TD JAK AND OTHER TOP PASTORS SAID ON THE SUBJECTSEVANGELIST, REVEREND FRANKL GRAHAM RECENTLY PARTICIPATED A NEWS PANEL DISCSN WHICH HE ANSWERED QUTNS ON HOMOSEXUALY. SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR EVANGELILS AMERI HAVE SHARED A SIAR BIBLIL POSN AS GRAHAM PAST TERVIEWS.JOEL OSTEEN, JOYCE MEYERS, T.D. JAK AND MORE, LIKE GRAHAM, HAVE OPENLY SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE DIVISIVE SUBJECT, AND THEY HAVE ED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF SCRIPTURE TO SHED A LIGHT ON WHAT GOD THKS AND HOW THE BIBLE GUIS WH REGARDS TO S AND HOMOSEXUALY.DURG THE ABC SEGMENT WH RSELL MOORE, RALPH REED AND COKIE ROBERTS, LAST WEEK, GRAHAM WAS QUTNED ON WHETHER HIS POSN ON HOMOSEXUALY REMAED THE SAME OM PAST TERVIEWS."FRANKL GRAHAM IS A SNER," THE SON OF BILLY GRAHAM SAID, "AND I'M NO BETTER THAN A GAY PERSON. I'M A SNER. BUT I'VE BEEN FIVEN, AND I'VE TURNED OM MY SS. FOR ANY PERSON THAT'S WILLG TO REPENT TURN, GOD WILL FIVE."POPULAR PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN, WHO LEADS THE LARGT CHURCH AMERI, IS KNOWN FOR HIS MOTIVATNAL MSAG THAT ARE WELL LOVED THE LGBT MUNY. THE PASTOR HAS BEEN KNOWN TO TREAD LIGHTLY ON THE SUBJECT FORMER TERVIEWS, BUT ULTIMATELY WHEN PHED ON THE TOPIC HE AGRE WH GRAHAM."I BELIEVE THAT SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT 'S A S BUT I ALWAYS FOLLOW THAT UP BY SAYG YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE NOT AGAST ANYBODY," OSTEEN SAID TO LARRY KG. "THERE'S A LOT OF THGS LARRY THAT I DON'T UNRSTAND - SO I JT DON'T WANT TO PREACH ON , PREACH ABOUT ."IN ANOTHER TERVIEW HE TOLD PIERS MAN, "I'M NOT AGAST ANYTHG." IN THAT SAME SEGMENT HE AND HIS WIFE VICTORIA SAID THAT THEY WOULD ATTEND A HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE.IN ANOTHER STANCE, OPRAH QUTNED MEGACHURCH PASTOR T.D. JAK ON THE MATTER AND HE SAID, "I'M NOT LLED TO GIVE MY OPN. I'M LLED AS A PASTOR TO GIVE THE SCRIPTURAL POSN ON ."THE PASTOR ADD, "DON'T MEAN THAT I HAVE TO AGREE WH YOU TO LOVE YOU. I DON'T DISLIKE ANYBODY. I LOVE EVERYBODY."WHEN ASKED IF BEG GAY IS A S HE REPLIED, "I THK THAT SEX BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE OF THE SAME SEX IS NMNED THE SCRIPTUR, AND AS LONG AS IS NMNED THE SCRIPTUR, I DON'T GET TO SAY WHAT I THK. I GET TO SAY WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS," JAK SAID. "I'M NOT ANTI-GAY, I'M NOT ANTI-ANYTHG. I DON'T WANT TO EVEN BE KNOWN BY WHAT I'M AGAST."YOU N HEAR JAK' RPONSE 24 MUT TO THE VIO BELOW:IN 2005 BELOVED CHARISMATIC THOR AND SPEAKER JOYCE MEYER TOLD LARRY KG ON HIS PROGRAM THAT SHE THKS 'S "A CHOICE.""OBVLY, LARRY, IF I BELIEVE THE BIBLE, THEN I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A GAY LIFTYLE OR A HOMOSEXUAL LIFTYLE IS THE RIGHT WAY TO CHOOSE TO LIVE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOMETHG SO MUCH BETTER," SHE SAID. "I BELIEVE 'S FELY A CHOICE. WELL, I THK THAT THAT'S THE NATURAL WAY THAT GOD TEND TO BE. I JT FOLLOWED THE NATURAL WAY THAT I WAS. I DIDN'T HAVE TO NSCLY THK, DO I WANT TO DO THIS OR DON'T I?"SCREEN-GRAB (PHOTO : SCREEN-GRAB )BT-SELLG THOR AND PASTOR RICK WARREN EXPLAED ON PIERS MAN, WHILE HE MAY DISAGREE WH PEOPLE ON THEIR VIEWS ON SEXUALY, HE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MEAN, TO MORALIZE, OR FAME ANYONE AND TURN THEM TO A MON.WARREN THOUGH, DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE FN OF MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN SHOULD BE CHANGED. HE ADD, "I DON'T THK OTHER GROUPS GET THE OPPORTUNY TO REFE A TERM. I FEAR THE DISAPPROVAL OF GOD MORE THAN I FEAR YOUR DISAPPROVAL OR THE DISAPPROVAL OF SOCIETY."COLORADO EVANGELIL PASTOR TED HAGGARD, WAS VOLVED A SAME-SEX AND DG SNDAL SIX YEARS AGO. DURG AN ONLE BATE 2012 THE NTROVERSIAL PASTOR SAID, "IF SOMEONE IS ALG WH SAME-SEX ATTRACTN OR HOMOSEXUALY, AND THEY WANT SOMEONE TO BE THEIR LIFE PARTNER OF THE SAME GENR, THOUGH WE WOULD OPPOSE THAT OUR CHURCH, SHOULD BE ALLOWED BY THE STATE."DPE ALL HE'D BEEN THROUGH AND EXPERIENCED HIMSELF, HAGGARD MATAED THAT GOD TEND MARRIAGE TO BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN, BUT HE BELIEV THE ROL OF THE STATE AND RELIG MUNI ARE DIFFERENT.RPECTED AND WORLD-RENOWNED EVANGELIST, PASTOR BILLY GRAHAM, FATHER OF FRANKL GRAHAM, PREVLY ISSUED A STATEMENT REGARDG THE MARRIAGE PROTECTN AMENDMENT MNOTA AFFIRMG THAT HE IS FOR THE ORIGAL FN OF MARRIAGE. "I PRAY THAT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF MNOTA WILL SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR GOD'S FN OF MARRIAGE, BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE THE MARRIAGE PROTECTN AMENDMENT," THE STATEMENT READ. "WATCHG THE MORAL CLE OF OUR UNTRY ME GREAT NCERN, I BELIEVE THE HOME AND MARRIAGE IS THE FOUNDATN OF OUR SOCIETY AND MT BE PROTECTED."THIS IS WHAT THE PASTORS HAD TO SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE AND SCRIPTURE, NOW WHAT DO YOU THK ABOUT ACRDANCE WH WHAT THE BIBLE TEACH?LATEST NEWS
- OPN'WELG, BUT NOT AFFIRMG': BEG GAY AND CHRISTIAN
GAY MARRIAGE AND HOMOSEXUALY: WHAT HAVE JOEL OSTEEN, BILLY AND FRANKL GRAHAM, JOYCE MEYER, TD JAK AND OTHER TOP PASTORS SAID ON THE SUBJECTSEVANGELIST, REVEREND FRANKL GRAHAM RECENTLY PARTICIPATED A NEWS PANEL DISCSN WHICH HE ANSWERED QUTNS ON HOMOSEXUALY. SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR EVANGELILS AMERI HAVE SHARED A SIAR BIBLIL POSN AS GRAHAM PAST TERVIEWS.JOEL OSTEEN, JOYCE MEYERS, T.D. JAK AND MORE, LIKE GRAHAM, HAVE OPENLY SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE DIVISIVE SUBJECT, AND THEY HAVE ED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF SCRIPTURE TO SHED A LIGHT ON WHAT GOD THKS AND HOW THE BIBLE GUIS WH REGARDS TO S AND HOMOSEXUALY.DURG THE ABC SEGMENT WH RSELL MOORE, RALPH REED AND COKIE ROBERTS, LAST WEEK, GRAHAM WAS QUTNED ON WHETHER HIS POSN ON HOMOSEXUALY REMAED THE SAME OM PAST TERVIEWS."FRANKL GRAHAM IS A SNER," THE SON OF BILLY GRAHAM SAID, "AND I'M NO BETTER THAN A GAY PERSON. I'M A SNER. BUT I'VE BEEN FIVEN, AND I'VE TURNED OM MY SS. FOR ANY PERSON THAT'S WILLG TO REPENT TURN, GOD WILL FIVE."POPULAR PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN, WHO LEADS THE LARGT CHURCH AMERI, IS KNOWN FOR HIS MOTIVATNAL MSAG THAT ARE WELL LOVED THE LGBT MUNY. THE PASTOR HAS BEEN KNOWN TO TREAD LIGHTLY ON THE SUBJECT FORMER TERVIEWS, BUT ULTIMATELY WHEN PHED ON THE TOPIC HE AGRE WH GRAHAM."I BELIEVE THAT SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT 'S A S BUT I ALWAYS FOLLOW THAT UP BY SAYG YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE NOT AGAST ANYBODY," OSTEEN SAID TO LARRY KG. "THERE'S A LOT OF THGS LARRY THAT I DON'T UNRSTAND - SO I JT DON'T WANT TO PREACH ON , PREACH ABOUT ."IN ANOTHER TERVIEW HE TOLD PIERS MAN, "I'M NOT AGAST ANYTHG." IN THAT SAME SEGMENT HE AND HIS WIFE VICTORIA SAID THAT THEY WOULD ATTEND A HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE.IN ANOTHER STANCE, OPRAH QUTNED MEGACHURCH PASTOR T.D. JAK ON THE MATTER AND HE SAID, "I'M NOT LLED TO GIVE MY OPN. I'M LLED AS A PASTOR TO GIVE THE SCRIPTURAL POSN ON ."THE PASTOR ADD, "DON'T MEAN THAT I HAVE TO AGREE WH YOU TO LOVE YOU. I DON'T DISLIKE ANYBODY. I LOVE EVERYBODY."WHEN ASKED IF BEG GAY IS A S HE REPLIED, "I THK THAT SEX BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE OF THE SAME SEX IS NMNED THE SCRIPTUR, AND AS LONG AS IS NMNED THE SCRIPTUR, I DON'T GET TO SAY WHAT I THK. I GET TO SAY WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS," JAK SAID. "I'M NOT ANTI-GAY, I'M NOT ANTI-ANYTHG. I DON'T WANT TO EVEN BE KNOWN BY WHAT I'M AGAST."YOU N HEAR JAK' RPONSE 24 MUT TO THE VIO BELOW:IN 2005 BELOVED CHARISMATIC THOR AND SPEAKER JOYCE MEYER TOLD LARRY KG ON HIS PROGRAM THAT SHE THKS 'S "A CHOICE.""OBVLY, LARRY, IF I BELIEVE THE BIBLE, THEN I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A GAY LIFTYLE OR A HOMOSEXUAL LIFTYLE IS THE RIGHT WAY TO CHOOSE TO LIVE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOMETHG SO MUCH BETTER," SHE SAID. "I BELIEVE 'S FELY A CHOICE. WELL, I THK THAT THAT'S THE NATURAL WAY THAT GOD TEND TO BE. I JT FOLLOWED THE NATURAL WAY THAT I WAS. I DIDN'T HAVE TO NSCLY THK, DO I WANT TO DO THIS OR DON'T I?"SCREEN-GRAB (PHOTO : SCREEN-GRAB )BT-SELLG THOR AND PASTOR RICK WARREN EXPLAED ON PIERS MAN, WHILE HE MAY DISAGREE WH PEOPLE ON THEIR VIEWS ON SEXUALY, HE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MEAN, TO MORALIZE, OR FAME ANYONE AND TURN THEM TO A MON.WARREN THOUGH, DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE FN OF MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN SHOULD BE CHANGED. HE ADD, "I DON'T THK OTHER GROUPS GET THE OPPORTUNY TO REFE A TERM. I FEAR THE DISAPPROVAL OF GOD MORE THAN I FEAR YOUR DISAPPROVAL OR THE DISAPPROVAL OF SOCIETY."COLORADO EVANGELIL PASTOR TED HAGGARD, WAS VOLVED A SAME-SEX AND DG SNDAL SIX YEARS AGO. DURG AN ONLE BATE 2012 THE NTROVERSIAL PASTOR SAID, "IF SOMEONE IS ALG WH SAME-SEX ATTRACTN OR HOMOSEXUALY, AND THEY WANT SOMEONE TO BE THEIR LIFE PARTNER OF THE SAME GENR, THOUGH WE WOULD OPPOSE THAT OUR CHURCH, SHOULD BE ALLOWED BY THE STATE."DPE ALL HE'D BEEN THROUGH AND EXPERIENCED HIMSELF, HAGGARD MATAED THAT GOD TEND MARRIAGE TO BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN, BUT HE BELIEV THE ROL OF THE STATE AND RELIG MUNI ARE DIFFERENT.RPECTED AND WORLD-RENOWNED EVANGELIST, PASTOR BILLY GRAHAM, FATHER OF FRANKL GRAHAM, PREVLY ISSUED A STATEMENT REGARDG THE MARRIAGE PROTECTN AMENDMENT MNOTA AFFIRMG THAT HE IS FOR THE ORIGAL FN OF MARRIAGE. "I PRAY THAT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF MNOTA WILL SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR GOD'S FN OF MARRIAGE, BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE THE MARRIAGE PROTECTN AMENDMENT," THE STATEMENT READ. "WATCHG THE MORAL CLE OF OUR UNTRY ME GREAT NCERN, I BELIEVE THE HOME AND MARRIAGE IS THE FOUNDATN OF OUR SOCIETY AND MT BE PROTECTED."THIS IS WHAT THE PASTORS HAD TO SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE AND SCRIPTURE, NOW WHAT DO YOU THK ABOUT ACRDANCE WH WHAT THE BIBLE TEACH?LATEST NEWS
Good Talks|April 29, 2014 08:56 EDT Evangelist, Reverend Frankl Graham recently participated a news panel discsn which he answered qutns on homosexualy.
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OPN'WELG, BUT NOT AFFIRMG': BEG GAY AND CHRISTIAN
"I'm not anti-gay, I'm not anti-anythg. ""Obvly, Larry, if I believe the Bible, then I don't believe that a gay liftyle or a homosexual liftyle is the right way to choose to live. Durg an onle bate 2012 the ntroversial Pastor said, "If someone is alg wh same-sex attractn or homosexualy, and they want someone to be their life partner of the same genr, though we would oppose that our church, should be allowed by the state.
"This is what the pastors had to say about gay marriage and scripture, now what do you thk about acrdance wh what the Bible teach? But wh 40 per cent of same sex upl Atralia intifyg as Christian, lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people are likely to be a signifint, if vert, prence nservative Christian is like for people who are both LGBT and Christian? Bee I was gay, that was sufficient for [them] to turn around and say no.