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
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- ‘GOD MA GAY PEOPLE. AND GOD MA GAY PEOPLE GAY. THAT IS ALL WE NEED TO KNOW.’
- DO GOD MAKE PEOPLE GAY? A THEOLOGIAN RPONDS
- GAYS WERE NOT CREATED THAT WAY
- ‘GOD MA ME GAY’
- J SAID SOME ARE BORN GAY.
- WHY DO GOD KEEP CREATG GAY PEOPLE IF HE HAT THEM SO MUCH?
THE POPE SAYS GOD MA GAY PEOPLE JT AS WE SHOULD BE – HERE’S WHY HIS MENTS MATTER
* god created gays *
Jt bee a thg exists – homosexualy, for stance – that don’t necsarily prove that the thg is good or healthy or sirable or part of God’s perfect plan. In argug this way, we’re not suggtg that homosexuals are somehow “sicker” or more “diseased” and “fective” than anyone else.
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
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 * god created gays *
101 Frequently Asked Qutns About Homosexualy. The Gay Gospel? How Pro-Gay Advot Misread the Bible.
Unrstandg Homosexualy. Homosexualy, Theology and the Church.
‘GOD MA GAY PEOPLE. AND GOD MA GAY PEOPLE GAY. THAT IS ALL WE NEED TO KNOW.’
It is immensely powerful to hear that Pope Francis, the lear of the Roman Catholic church, reportedly told Juan Carlos Cz, a gay man: “God ma you like this and lov you like this. Lbian, gay, bi and trans people exist every muny, om every ethnic background and every relign. As you n see, there is no room here for homosexual preferenc.
If God didn’t create homosexualy, where did e om?
DO GOD MAKE PEOPLE GAY? A THEOLOGIAN RPONDS
Homosexuals are not alone this regard. As we see , homosexual feelgs and behavr are rooted a wi array of overlappg and tertwg psychologil, physlogil, and velopmental factors. It would probably be fair to say that no two people e to the pot of intifyg themselv as “gay” precisely the same manner.
For this reason, ’s overly simplistic to assert that homosexualy is merely a “choice” or that people are simply “born that way. On another ont, you want to know why our mistry “dwells only on homosexualy, ” when fact the Scripture also ntas “lots of other strange prohibns that [we] choose to ignore.
” In the first place, simply isn’t te that Foc on the Fay emphasiz the biblil prohibns agast homosexualy to the excln of every other scriptural teachg.
GAYS WERE NOT CREATED THAT WAY
In the fal analysis, our perspective on homosexualy is not based exclively upon Old Ttament proscriptns such as Levic 18:22 (as you appear to assume). The Complete Christian Gui to Unrstandg of Homosexualy: A Biblil and Compassnate Rponse to Same-Sex Attractn. The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermentics.
‘GOD MA ME GAY’
Is God Anti-Gay? What Do the Bible Say About Homosexualy?
J SAID SOME ARE BORN GAY.
Unrstandg Male Homosexualy: God’s Power to Change Liv.
For several s, polil and theologil bat related to LGBTQ+ issu have centered around same-sex relatnships for lbian, gay and bisexual people. In our exampl above, Josh uld be a transgenr man who is gay, bisexual or straight. In a PRRI survey nducted 2019, was found that ls than one-quarter (24%) of Amerins report havg a close iend or fay member who is transgenr, pared to 46% who report havg a bisexual close iend or fay member, and nearly seven ten (68%) who report havg a gay or lbian close iend or fay member.
WHY DO GOD KEEP CREATG GAY PEOPLE IF HE HAT THEM SO MUCH?
” (Acts 5:34-39, NRSV) what the Bible says about homosexualy here. The Pew Rearch Center shared last year that the majory of people who approved of homosexual liftyl didn’t nsir relign important their daily liv.
And holdg to God’s revealed tth His Word ncerng homosexualy is even more dangero, ” Becket Cook wrote his book, A Change of Affectn: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Remptn. “If you believe that homosexualy is a s, you are immediately labeled a bigot or homophobic.
Homosexualy is plited, but ’s not a gray area.