Details: Can you be gay and Christian? Matthew V says you n and he’s created a viral vio and bt-sellg book fendg his view. This Saturday on Up for Debate, V jos host Julie Roys to bate thor and leadg evangelil apologist, Dr. Michael Brown. Is gay monogamy an optn for Christians? Is unlovg to…
Contents:
- JEREMY VE SEXUALLY: IS HE GAY? SNDAL, GENR AND ALLEGATNS EXPLORED
- WHY ‘GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN’ IS WRONG ABOUT THE BIBLE AND SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS
- EVANGELILS OPEN DOOR TO DEBATE ON GAY RIGHTS
JEREMY VE SEXUALLY: IS HE GAY? SNDAL, GENR AND ALLEGATNS EXPLORED
Can you be gay and Christian? Is gay monogamy an optn for Christians? Is unlovg to reject gay marriage?
JR: Why should Christians be open to reterpretg the Bible on homosexualy?
MV: Consir the liv and ttimoni of gay Christians. MV: There are 6 passag the Bible that are relevant to the goodns of homosexualy. MV: None of the passag addrs gay relatnships that are “long-term” and “fahful” that are based on “mment” and “love”.
WHY ‘GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN’ IS WRONG ABOUT THE BIBLE AND SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS
One of my iends clared his homosexualy and he did not feel safe to e home.
MV: You nnot ask a person wh same-sex attractns to be celibate, too much harm to ask gays to absta om sexual relatnships.
MB: The Bible only perms heterosexual sexualy and every se nmns homosexual acts. MB: I am very sensive to the stori of people who are gay who experience discrimatn as “gay Christians”. 9% of people he worked wh had not changed their gay orientatn.
EVANGELILS OPEN DOOR TO DEBATE ON GAY RIGHTS
MV: Lifelong celibacy is not acceptable to gays, so the Bible mt be reterpreted to su gays. MB: Matthew thks that God himself did not unrstand the ncept of sexual orientatn and advertently hurt gays bee of his lack of knowledge. MV: (to Brown) do you accept that the Bible forc gays to live out lifelong celibacy.
MV: Do you know of any Christian who acknowledged that this was the nsequence of the Bible’s teachg for gays? MV: Pl ( Romans 1) is talkg about people who are not “long-term”, “fahful” gay relatnships.
MV: Pl was not aware of “long-term”, “fahful” gay relatnships at the time he wrote his prohibns Romans 1. JR: Are there any referenc the first century to “long-term”, “fahful” gay relatnships? MV: Pl was wrg a ntext where “long-term”, “fahful” gay relatnships were unknown.