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:
- THE POPE SAYS GOD MA GAY PEOPLE JT AS WE SHOULD BE – HERE’S WHY HIS MENTS MATTER
- QUEER THEOLOGY: DO GOD HATE GAY PEOPLE?
- WHAT DO GOD THK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE?
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
THE POPE SAYS GOD MA GAY PEOPLE JT AS WE SHOULD BE – HERE’S WHY HIS MENTS MATTER
The followg blog is wrten by Greg Col. Greg is part of The Center's llaborative team and is the thor of the book Sgle, Gay, Christian. “Is God anti-gay?” Many people expect the answer to this qutn to be a simple bary, eher y or no. If you’re a nservative ( the totalizg sense of the word), the answer is absolutely y: God mt be anti-gay, bee * does god accept gay people *
Pope Francis was recently asked about his views on homosexualy. Persons wh homosexual tennci are children of God. Crimalisg people wh homosexual tennci is an jtice.
QUEER THEOLOGY: DO GOD HATE GAY PEOPLE?
This isn’t the first time Pope Francis has shown himself to be a progrsive lear when to, among other thgs, gay Catholics. As a biblil scholar, I would suggt that church lears who e their cultur and theology to exclu homosexuals don’t read Scripture refully.
Those who would exclu homosexuals om God’s kgdom choose to ignore J, turng stead to the Old Ttament – most particularly to Genis 19, the stctn of the ci of Sodom and Gomorrah. Their terpretatn of the story is that is about homosexualy.
WHAT DO GOD THK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE?
Levic 18:22 and 20:13, for example, are not about “homosexualy” as we now unrstand – as the rg, lovg and sexual relatnship between people of the same sex. Christians – no matter which church they belong to – should follow Pl and extend to the heterosexual-homosexual distctn.
The acceptance of homosexualy as an equally valid liftyle is rapidly growg Wtern culture.
Bee homosexual activy, premaral sex and adultery are all outsi of marriage, all are vlatns of God's stctns.
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
The Bible nmns homosexual practic several plac such as Genis 19:1-25, Levic 18:22 and Levic 20:13, and Judg 19:1-25. The scriptur refer to homosexual acts as somethg that should not be done and as evil the ey of God. In the New Ttament, Romans 1:24-27, 1 Corthians 6:9-11 and 1 Timothy 1:9-10 refer to homosexualy the same way.
The passage Romans clus a specific prohibn of both male and female homosexual volvement. The Bible nowhere mak posive or approvg statements about homosexualy. The vast majory of amic and biblil scholars agree that the Bible prohibs homosexual activi.
Nearly all of today's translatns of the Bible are also agreement that God prohibs homosexual practice.