Contents:
- REVISNIST GAY THEOLOGY: DID GOD REALLY SAY…?
- A REFORMATN THE CHURCH DON’T NEED: ANSWERG REVISNIST PRO-GAY THEOLOGY—PART I
- A REFORMATN THE CHURCH DON’T NEED: ANSWERG REVISNIST PRO-GAY THEOLOGY—PART II
- EARS TO HEAR, BORN AGA AND GAY THEOLOGY
- PRO-GAY THEOLOGY OVERVIEW
- GAY REVISNIST THEOLOGY: DID GOD REALLY SAY…?
REVISNIST GAY THEOLOGY: DID GOD REALLY SAY…?
Specifilly, homosexual activists and their alli know that the Juo-Christian sexual ethic found the Bible is the last bastn of fense holdg back the wispread embrace of homosexualy throughout the culture. For example, gay strategists Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, their landmark homosexual public relatns manual published 1989, boldly enuraged gays “to muddy the moral waters, that is, to unrcut the ratnalizatns that ‘jtify’ relig bigotry and to jam some of s psychic rewards.
While Pl was referrg to certa false doctr that Timothy would undoubtedly face his mistry, this warng siarly appli to the Body of Christ today as we face a revisnist theology that – this se – qutns God’s clear mand to not engage homosexual behavr. Christians’ prejudice agast homosexuals leads them to misread biblil texts about homosexualy;Scriptur that supposedly nmn homosexual behavr have actually been mistranslated;Scriptur that supposedly nmn homosexual behavr have been taken out of ntext and do not apply to our prent society. Gay revisnists ually do not even attempt to addrs God’s created tent for human sexualy, but stead twist Scripture and argue agast those texts which nmn same-sex remas highly unlikely that Bible translators mistranslated five referenc to sexual ethics two different ttaments of Scripture.
Homosexualy Levic, Romans, 1 Corthians, and 1 Timothy is mentned the wir ntext of sexual, immoral, and prohibed behavrs, all of which elaborate on the mandment, “You shall not m adultery, ” prohibg sex outsi of a male-female marriage. Referenc nmng homosexual behavr were addrsed to highly different Ancient Near East cultur (om Hebrew to Gre-Roman) – nullifyg the argument that scriptural passag agast homosexualy are culturally bound and applible to today’s argument that J said nothg about homosexualy the gospels is misleadg and illogil for at least five reasons:. To make his view most appealg, then, V wants to make sure every non-gay-affirmg Christian has a pleasant enunter wh a gay person, pecially a “gay Christian”5—to overe what might be lled the “ick” factor—the disfort many feel about homosexualy chiefly bee they have no gay fay or iends.
A REFORMATN THE CHURCH DON’T NEED: ANSWERG REVISNIST PRO-GAY THEOLOGY—PART I
We n safely set asi the scriptural prohibns agast homosexual behavr bee we are parg appl and orang: we are talkg our day about mted, nsensual, lifelong partnerships, somethg the biblil thors their day knew nothg about.
A REFORMATN THE CHURCH DON’T NEED: ANSWERG REVISNIST PRO-GAY THEOLOGY—PART II
He offers the grace to accept their te inty – not as gay, lbian or bi-sexual – but as His sons and dghters, embracg their blogil realy as male or are also ncerned about homosexualy’s impact on fai, the church and our culture. Society and fai always do bt when dividuals follow God’s created tent for rourc this sectn will help you unrstand and articulate God’s sign for human sexualy and rpond to revisnist theologil arguments that have been created to jtify homosexual behavr. A Change of Affectn: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Remptn by Beckett CookThe powerful, dramatic story of how a succsful Hollywood set signer whose inty was eply rooted his homosexualy me to be sudnly and utterly transformed by the power of the Bible and Homosexual Practice: Text and Hermentics by Robert A.
EARS TO HEAR, BORN AGA AND GAY THEOLOGY
He challeng rears to nsir how to uphold God’s mand to love Him and our Out of Homosexualy: New Freedom for Men and Women by Bob Davi and Lori RentzelFd answers for what means to be a man or a woman, how your past relat to your prent, how you n form healthy relatnships, and how your healg may prepare you for heterosexual Into Manhood: Rumg the Journey by Alan P. By Sam AllberryThis easy-to-unrstand book offers scriptural tths about marriage, sexualy, and same-sex Into Light: The Gospel, the Homosexual, and the Church by Peter HubbardHubbard enurag the Church to humbly engage those who experience same-sex attractn, drawg them to God’s Kdns by Barry Corey“Disver the Power of a Fotten Christian Virtue”Lovg My (LGBT) Neighbor by Glenn Stanton“Beg Friends Grace and Tth”Msy Grace by Caleb Kaltenbach“How a Pastor Wh Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Whout Sacrificg Convictn”Out of a Far Country by Christopher YuanA Gay Son’s Journey to God.
PRO-GAY THEOLOGY OVERVIEW
“Where Homosexual Activism Is Really Gog and How to Turn the Ti”Pursug Sexual Wholens by Andrew Comiskey“How J Heals the Homosexual”Rtorg Sexual Inty: Hope for Women Who Stggle Wh Same-Sex Attractn by Anne PlkPlk left a lbian liftyle after g to Christ. Someone I Love Is Gay by Bob Davi and Ana Worthen (not currently available through Foc on the Fay)Learn to unrstand your emotns and how to rpond to a gay-intified spoe, child, relative, or iend wh the tth about homosexualy—whout beg judgmental.
Schmidt“Compassn & Clary the Homosexualy Debate”The Tth Com Out: The Story of My Heart’s Transformatn by Nancy Heche (not currently available through Foc on the Fay)After losg her hband to AIDS and her son a r crash, Heche’s youngt dghter, Anne, beme volved a high-profile lbian relatnship. Dir Conflict: Hope for Men Who Stggle Wh Sexual IntyDallas offers reassurance and practil advice to the Christian alg wh same-sex attractn—and he clus an orthodox terpretatn of Scripture that refut pro-gay Homosexualy Hs Home: What to do When a Loved One Says, “I’m Gay”Dallas explas how to blend passn and nvictn. The Complete Christian Gui to Unrstandg Homosexualy by Joe Dallas and Nancy Heche For fai, pastors, unselors, and those who stggle wh same-sex attractn, Dallas and Heche offer sights on homosexual marriage and adoptn, how to rpond when a iend announc that he or she is gay-intified, and more.
Today she regularly teracts wh llege stunts about God’s tth regardg genr inty, homosexualy, and other hot-button Should We Rpond to Homosexualy (Joe Dallas) Dallas, a former homosexual, lls on the Church to repent of hostily and rem to bold love.
GAY REVISNIST THEOLOGY: DID GOD REALLY SAY…?
He enurag Christians not to be timidated by the gay rights movement but to promote tth and to build and provi a place of safety, keepg md the eternal souls of all Others Whout Sacrificg Convictn (Pastor Caleb Kaltenbach)Kaltenbach shar his story of growg up wh gay parents, and the hatred his fay experienced om Christians.