Did christians make it wrong to be gay

This question is a powder keg—an extremely sensitive issue. If you have lgbtq+ or bisexual tendencies, this is not just a theological debate, but speaks to the core of how you see yourself and how God views you.

The homosexual conversation impacts not just those who distinguish themselves as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Multi-attracted , Transgender), but all of us. Regardless of whether you can relate with this struggle, you will have to sort through your own views on the topic. If you do not already, you will have a nice friend or family member who is gay. You will have to build decisions about whether to go to a same-sex wedding, whether to own your daughter and her partner over for dinner, and whether to be present a church with a gay pastor.

Within the last decade, the Christian notion on homosexuality has gone through a drastic turnaround. There has been no new scientific or theological discovery; many people have changed their minds about what they believe.

In today’s changing society, stating that homosexuality is anything but an acceptable lifestyle, approved by God, is seen as unloving, judgmental, hateful, and in some places, criminal. One of the most wonderful

Is it REALLY ok to be LGBTQ? A watch behind and beyond the “clobber passage”

There’s a identify for what’s happening here: proof texting.

Theopodia defines proof texting as “the tactic by which a person appeals to a biblical text to prove or justify a theological position without regard for the context of the passage they are citing.”

If you hear someone say “the Bible says…” run in the other direction. The Bible says lots of things!

Here a several things the Bible says:

That the Earth was covered in water when created until God formed territory (Genesis 1:9) but also that the Earth was completely dry until God brought streams up and watered the planet (Genesis 2:5-6).

That God created animals first and then humans (Genesis 1) but also that God created Adam first, then animals, then Eve (Genesis 2).

That’s right, the Bible contradicts itself in the first two chapters!

“The Bible says” in Exodus and Deuteronomy that if a woman is raped her rapist must either marry her or pay her father (because he’s “damaged” the father’s “property”).

Paul says in 1 Thessalonians that Jesus will return in his control lifetime (4:15-17).

So what does the Bible say?

The Bib

The Bible and same sex relationships: A review article

Tim Keller,  2015

Vines, Matthew, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same Sex Relationships, Convergent Books, 2014

Wilson, Ken,A Letter to My Congregation, David Crum Media, 2014.

The relationship of homosexuality to Christianity is one of the main topics of discussion in our culture today. In the fall of last year I wrote a review of books by Wesley Hill and Sam Allberry that take the historic Christian view, in Hill’s words: “that homosexuality was not God’s original artistic intention for humanity ... and therefore that lesbian practice goes against God’s express will for all human beings, especially those who trust in Christ.”

There are a number of other books that take the opposite view, namely that the Bible either allows for or supports same sex relationships. Over the last year or so I (and other pastors at Redeemer) have been regularly asked for responses to their arguments. The two most read volumes taking this position seem to be those by Matthew Vines and Ken Wilson. The review of these two books will be longer than usual because the topic is so contested today and, wh

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Christian singer and songwriter Vicky Beeching has done this week what I did as a Christian pastor last year –been uncover and honest about her same-sex attraction.

On the confront of it we seem to contain been driven by the same aim: to contribute our personal perspectives to the much-needed debate the Church is having on this issue.

I share her desire to test and change much about evangelicalism's perceived approach to this issue. We hold often needed, but failed, to repent of wrong, hypocritical attitudes to lgbtq+ sin and brokenness: there have been times when we've acted as if it were only gay people who had got things wrong sexually. In reality there isn't a single church member in this country who is not sexually broken in some way.

I'd also recognise how regularly there has been unloving application of what God says about gender, sexuality and sex. There is sadly the compassionate of false education that allowed Vicky to develop unhealthy feelings about herself –rather than the discovery of a secure identity in Christ, whatever her sexual feelings. Homosexual attraction is not an unforgiveable sin,

What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?

What Does The Bible Exclaim About Homosexuality?

Introduction

For the last two decades, Pew Research Center has reported that one of the most enduring ethical issues across Christian traditions is sexual diversity. For many Christians, one of the most frequently first-asked questions on this topic is, “What does the Bible say about attraction to someone of the similar sex?”

Although its unlikely that the biblical authors had any notion of sexual orientation (for example, the term homosexual wasn't even coined until the behind 19th century) for many people of faith, the Bible is looked to for timeless guidance on what it means to honor God with our lives; and this most certainly includes our sexuality.

Before we can vault into how it is that Christians can maintain the authority of the Bible and also affirm sexual diversity, it might be helpful if we started with a short but clear overview of some of the assumptions informing many Christian approaches to understanding the Bible.

What is the Bible?

For Christians to whom the Bible is God’s very written word, it is widely understood that God produced its contents through inspired