God and the gays

A common argument for the acceptance of homosexuality and same-sex marriage is that, if God is love, He would not condemn the love of others. The main problem with this is the kind of “love” we’re talking about.

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First John says, “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” The “love” referenced here is the Greek agape. This type of love is the conscious god and the. These Bible verses aren't about condemning homosexuals, gays, lesbians, or transgender people. Rather, read God's loving warning and grace for those who have strayed from His will for sex.

When I started writing my new book, God and the Gay Christian, I was well aware that Christians who oppose same-sex marriage in the church have long used the Bible to defend their point of view. The landmark book exploring what the Bible actually says—and doesn’t say—about same-sex gays. I chose the book God and the Gay Christian because it appears to be the most popular book on the topic.

I can see the appeal of the book. It is written in a simple and endearing style.

Further, the author, Matthew Vines, argues for the authority of Scripture throughout. Eerdmans Publishing Co. I think the reader will see that my summary is a fair representation of the case Vines makes in chapters 4—7. Would it be loving to affirm Sandra in her desire? Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. For instance, he says that homosexual Christians must be allowed to marry other homosexuals, because if they cannot and they god and the gays with gay 1 Cor.

Anyone who has ever been in an intimate relationship of any kind can testify to the range of differences and resulting conflicts that are an inherent part of any two personalities attempting to integrate their lives. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another.

Of course, I am not denying that there are homosexual couples who have embraced these values; I am simply noting that it is far from the norm. Accordingly, if homosexuality is wrong, then censure by the church is a gift of grace, and the feeling of rejection is designed to call the sinner to repentance. The fruit looks good. Babies and reproduction matter. It seeks the well-being of its objects.

In fact, the opposite is true. Is it fair for a Christian to be stuck in a loveless marriage? For single, engaged, and divorced Christians, it is abstinence, no exceptions. It was sort of out of the blue since the discussion was on the return of Jesus, but clearly it was on the heart of at god and the one, if not many, of the teens there that night. It is the fact of same-sex unions, a human cul-de-sac.

This is basic Christianity and the great equalizer of all people. Not true. No exceptions and to the same degree. Ken Brown.

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Great reminder. All humans are simultaneously sinful and loved. I really appreciate your providing an overview of this very popular work and for giving a foothold in the arguments which are made. He has been seeking out homosexual partners for several months, and it has been absolutely exhilarating to him. Excellent article filled with biblical wisdom. That would probably be fine if she was around the age of 12 herself, but she is