Do God hate gays? Do God hate homosexuals? Do God hate lbians? Do God hate those the LGBTQ+ muny?
Contents:
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- THE POPE SAYS GOD MA GAY PEOPLE JT AS WE SHOULD BE – HERE’S WHY HIS MENTS MATTER
- WAS J GAY? PROBABLY
- DO GOD HATE GAYS / HOMOSEXUALS?
- GOD LOV GAYS: THE POPE’S WORDS CONTEXT
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
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. * proof that god loves gays *
The term “homosexual” didn’t exist until 1892.
THE POPE SAYS GOD MA GAY PEOPLE JT AS WE SHOULD BE – HERE’S WHY HIS MENTS MATTER
The Bible vers aren't about nmng homosexuals, gays, lbians, or transgenr people. Rather, read God's lovg warng and grace for those who have strayed om His will for sex * proof that god loves gays *
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.
WAS J GAY? PROBABLY
<p><strong>Pl Otreicher:</strong> I preached on Good Friday that J's timacy wh John suggted he was gay as I felt eply had to be addrsed</p> * proof that god loves gays *
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.
DO GOD HATE GAYS / HOMOSEXUALS?
* proof that god loves gays *
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. 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.
GOD LOV GAYS: THE POPE’S WORDS CONTEXT
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.