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.
Contents:
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- FIRST-PERSON: Y ED, GOD LOV GAYS
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- LEARNG TO SAY ‘GOD IS LOVE’ WHEN YOU’RE GAY
- 'GOD LOV YOU': BLACK, GAY FAH LEARS FD MON GROUND EXPERIENC OF RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA
- POPE FRANCIS REPORTEDLY TELLS GAY MAN, 'GOD MA YOU THAT WAY AND LOV YOU'
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
* god loves you in a gay way *
The term “homosexual” didn’t exist until 1892. Some morn Bible translatns say that “homosexuals” will not her the kgdom of God, but neher the ncept nor the word for people wh exclive same-sex attractn existed before the late 19th century. While the Bible rejects ltful same-sex behavr, that’s very different om a nmnatn of all gay people and relatnships.
FIRST-PERSON: Y ED, GOD LOV GAYS
Pastor and wrer Ben Simpson rponds to a teen's qutn, "Why don't God love gays?" "Love don't jt affirm whatever mak a person happy," Simpson wr. "It seeks the well-beg of s objects." * god loves you in a gay way *
Requirg that all gay people rema celibate is at odds wh the Bible’s teachgs on celibacy, which are ground Scripture’s re affirmatn that God’s physil creatn is good.
Mastream nomatns like Prbyterians and Epispalians now orda openly gay clergy, and there are seeds of change evangelil church as well. Matthew V is the thor of God and the Gay Christian and is the founr of The Reformatn Project, a Bible-based non-prof anizatn that seeks to reform church teachg on sexual orientatn and genr inty.
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A cheeky rponse to Sister Cdy's tchphrase "I love you, but not a gay way.". Jen is wearg a pk tshirt size 2x * god loves you in a gay way *
Msy Grace: How a Pastor wh Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Whout Sacrificg Convictn by Caleb Kaltenbach — Msy Grace shows that J’s mand to “love your neighbor as yourself” don’t have an exceptn clse for a gay “neighbor”—or for that matter, any other “neighbor” we might fd hard to relate to. (BP) — “Why don’t God love gays? In fact, the speed wh which the topic of homosexualy has e to domate the social and polil nversatn is staggerg, aid by what pastor Voddie Bcham scribed as “a ordated, well-fund, well-nnected propaganda strategy” a 2012 article at The Gospel movement has bee like a snowflake that turns to an avalanche, molishg any opposn the public arena, and ’s still growg.
They’re hearg pop culture and maybe even their schools that homosexualy is a perfectly legimate liftyle that not only should be tolerated but celebrated and explored. Then, however, they hear om fah muni (and not jt Christian on) that homosexualy is sful. The mixed msag lead some to ask, “Why don’t God love gays?
”The qutn self pruppos that God do not love people who label themselv “gay. ” Therefore, the ial reply mt be, “What mak you thk that God don’t love people who label themselv ‘gay’? ” The tth of the matter is that God ed lov those who label themselv “gay, ” but He lov them a way that is culturally strange to at this the person askg “Why don’t God love gays?
LEARNG TO SAY ‘GOD IS LOVE’ WHEN YOU’RE GAY
” were prsed to say why they thk He don’t, the rponse most likely would be “bee He don’t thk their homosexualy is OK. If God loved gays, He’d affirm their homosexualy bee that mak them happy. Someone may quickly rebut that homosexualy harms nobody, but that is unterfactual.
Medilly, homosexualy is harmful, pecially to men who practice homosexualy.
'GOD LOV YOU': BLACK, GAY FAH LEARS FD MON GROUND EXPERIENC OF RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA
Socially, homosexualy is harmful that nnot provi what the oppose sex brgs to a romantic relatnship, cludg but certaly not limed to the potential of procreatn and then the prence of a mother and a father that child’s life. However, most harmful is the spirual harm that homosexualy brgs, as clearly noted the Bible. Romans 1:18-27, for example, clar that the creasg prence of homosexualy a society signals that God is brgg about judgment on that society due to idolatry.
God, as a functn of His wrath agast s, simply whdraws His rtrag grace om those who rebellly pursue s, givg them over to gradg passns such as homosexualy and all sorts of other stctive the spirual harm this life pal parison to the spirual harm that homosexualy brgs the age to e for those who practice this prent age. The Bible is emphatic that practicg homosexualy will bar a person om heaven.
Do not be ceived; neher fornitors, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effemate, nor homosexuals, nor thiev, nor the veto, nor dnkards, nor revilers, nor swdlers, will her the kgdom of God.
POPE FRANCIS REPORTEDLY TELLS GAY MAN, 'GOD MA YOU THAT WAY AND LOV YOU'
” It’s important to note that homosexualy is not the only s listed. This list is by no means exhstive; neverthels, God is munitg to that those who ntue s, cludg homosexualy, will not her the kgdom of God. He has been seekg out homosexual partners for several months, and has been absolutely exhilaratg to him.