(THIS IS PART 2; CONTINUED FROM PART 1, WHICH YOU CAN READ HERE) The reason that much of the gay community hates the Church is because they perceive that the Church hates them. They perceive the Church hates them because we are openly lobbying to keep away all of the bullet pointed rights above from […]
A Solution to the Bible vs Gay Community gay marriage debate
I am a pastor. For better or for worse, our culture has decided that pastors officiate weddings. Not librarians, not mailmen, not mayors, not IRS-agents. This is cool with me inasmuch as the Bible does talk about marriage as something God created with a certain purpose behind it. So when people want to follow the […]
City Pulse Article on Gay-Friendly Churches Sadly Lacks Complexity
I’ve written before on how I don’t think it’s productive for there to be only two responses permitted in the Church vs. LBGT debate. I hold a third response, which I feel is the response that holds true to the Bible in all facets. This third response is what neither side of the debate wants […]
3 Reasons I Didn’t Want to Be Gay by Jim Decke
Written by Jim Decke: “Why have you given up on becoming straight?” I was recently asked this question by a new friend. He had seen me give my testimony at church about being a gay Christian and had read my story on Facebook. I told him that being straight didn’t matter to me anymore; that […]
Why a Gay Celibate Christian Keeps the Label of “Gay”
I recently did posts on Both Sides of the Arizona “Anti-Gay” Bill SB1062 and a follow up post, How Gay Celibate Bible-Believing Christians are Breaking the Mold of the LGBT vs. Christian Debate. Typically the question brought up (and it’s a good question) when talking about Gay Celibate Christians is why they would keep the […]
How Gay Celibate Bible-Believing Christians are breaking the mold of the LGBT vs. Christian debate
In my recent post on both sides of the Arizona “Anti-Gay” Bill SB1062, I tried to lay out both sides of the bill: why it’s scary to have it and why what it was responding to (the Elaine Photography lawsuit in New Mexico) is equally scary. I want to show that the Christian/Bible vs. LGBT/Gay […]