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:
- MY SPOE ME OUT AS GAY. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
- RPONDG TO A “GAY CHRISTIAN” THE FAY
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- GOSPEL COALN CONTRIBUTOR SAYS GAYS CAN STAY MARRIED BEE GOD HAT DIVORCE
- WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?
- HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY
- CAN YOU BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN?
- HOW CELIBATE GAY CHRISTIANS DEAL WH DIRE
- THE EX-GAY CHRISTIANY MOVEMENT IS MAKG A QUIET EBACK. THE EFFECTS ON LGBTQ YOUTH ULD BE VASTATG.
- CHRISTIAN COOPER IS GAY: WHO IS CHRISTIAN COOPER HBAND?
- IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
MY SPOE ME OUT AS GAY. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
My spoe me out as gay. What should I do? Is a spoe g out as gay a biblil reason for divorce? * gay christian husband *
In his book When Homosexualy Hs Home, Joe Dallas says that many women are attracted to the sensivy, astute munitn skills, vulnerabily and easily exprsed emotns that often embody temperament monly found homosexual men. In addn to the omo feelg that somethg is wrong, there are a number of telltale signs that your partner might be stgglg wh same-sex attractn or havg a homosexual affair:.
RPONDG TO A “GAY CHRISTIAN” THE FAY
For 13 years of our marriage, John practiced a gay liftyle. How uld I ever tst or love him aga? * gay christian husband *
Whether is a hband who out as gay or a wife who clar she is a lbian, the spo who love them are broadsid wh a thoand qutns. So, if a Christian hband or wife out as gay, other qutns mt be asked: is he or she actg on those urg or simply admtg the attractn? If the spoe who has e out as gay is willg to stay the marriage and rema fahful, alg wh his or her same-sex nfn through acuntabily and unselg, the marriage n be prerved.
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
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We wouldn’t leave a spoe if he or she was wrtlg wh other sful temptatns, so we shouldn’t leave him or her a stggle agast homosexualy.
GOSPEL COALN CONTRIBUTOR SAYS GAYS CAN STAY MARRIED BEE GOD HAT DIVORCE
Fdg out your partner is gay n turn your world upsi down and make you qutn everythg about your relatnship." emprop="scriptn * gay christian husband *
People who have mted themselv to honor the Lord wh their bodi nnot live a sexually immoral liftyle, and that clus homosexual behavrs (1 Corthians 6:18–20). But if the one intifyg as gay is ready to embrace a gay liftyle, or if he or she abandons his or her role the marriage, the other spoe may have ltle choice but to ask him or her to leave. However, equally harmful is the spoe who pretends the gay spoe’s same-sex partners are wele their liv and acts as if nothg is wrong.
In late May, we learned Exod Internatnal, an anizatn that offers hope and healg to people who want to leave the homosexual liftyle, was havg a nference the next month.
WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?
Si B Christians, who are gay and celibate, often feel ught between ex-gays and ntent-to-be-gay Christians. * gay christian husband *
At the nference, we learned that homosexual behavr is an attempt to fulfill normal, legimate needs for love, acceptance, and inty through sexual timacy wh someone of the same genr. We disvered that almost every stance, the attractn for the same sex begs before the age of 10, which leads victims to believe erroneoly that they were born homosexual. For example, clarify that there will be no overt displays of homosexual affectn nor any sharg of the same room while unr your roof.
HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY
If he persists argug that the Bible has nothg to say agast homosexualy, remd him gently that the evince all pots the oppose directn.
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. 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.
CAN YOU BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN?
Mastream nomatns like Prbyterians and Epispalians now orda openly gay clergy, and there are seeds of change evangelil church as well.
HOW CELIBATE GAY CHRISTIANS DEAL WH DIRE
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.
THE EX-GAY CHRISTIANY MOVEMENT IS MAKG A QUIET EBACK. THE EFFECTS ON LGBTQ YOUTH ULD BE VASTATG.
In our prev post on Gilson, who’s slated to speak at an upg event hosted by The Gospel Coaln’s Women’s Trag Network September, we revealed the most recent gay-affirmg remarks om the lbian speaker (she’s married to a man, but says she’s not attracted to men).
CHRISTIAN COOPER IS GAY: WHO IS CHRISTIAN COOPER HBAND?
The Gospel Coaln’s ntributg thor and speaker, Rachel Gilson, recently preached that you n be a fahful spoe a non-tradnal marriage, as we reported the post, Gospel Coaln Wrer/Speaker Com Out Full Support for Gay Marriage?
Some argued that she wasn’t as pro-gay-marriage as her ments implied, but d we’ve unvered om the 2018 C Conference monstrat Gilson’s view – her own words – that bee God hat divorce, ’s okay for gay upl to stay married.
IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
Unfortunately, few noticed exactly how bad this msage was, or that several optns are prented to ‘gay Christians’ for how to rema gay marriage. Although Gilson’s entire talk was eply disturbg and gay-affirmg at almost every juncture, was around the 59-mute-mark that Gilson let her endorsement of (some) gay marriage slip. Most pastors probably would put ‘your gay marriage’ on top of the list of thgs to addrs for new believers, even though Gilson se as jt a shggg matter.
We doubt there’s ever been a gay “Christian” uple who have remaed married and livg together who were “celibate, ” and sayg so eher monstrat an credibily naivety regardg human behavr or is an tentnal subversivens. In no uncerta terms, Gilson has taken the already-flawed premise of TGC’s gay uc – that you n be a sgle and celibate gay Christian – to argug that you n be a married (and celibate) gay Christian a gay marriage.