In this concluding post to the series “Being Christian and Gay”, I want to do more than “put myself out there” in some kind of existential witness to faith and sexuality through my personal story, even though it’s through our stories, through the particularities of life, that the practicality of theological truths can most readily be observed. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘ethics’
Being Christian and Gay—Conclusion
Posted: October 25, 2017 in Being Christian and GayTags: Christian, ethics, Faith, gay, Love, Scripture, sexual Ethics, sexuality
Being Christian and Gay – Part 5: A Christian’ Sexual Ethic
Posted: October 3, 2017 in Being Christian and Gay, Gay LifeTags: Christian, Commitment, ethics, gay, Love, marriage, Relationship, sexual Ethics, spiritual
We have considered a context for our conversation—personal experience–and biblical texts that have been used to address sexual orientation; now let’s look at ethics, knowing right from wrong. My ethics are derived from my theological understanding, which is informed by my relationship with Jesus, my reading of Scripture, and my interpretation of the contemporary sociocultural environment. (more…)
Being Christian and Being Gay – An Introduction
Posted: August 29, 2017 in UncategorizedTags: Christian, Christianity, church, ethics, gay, marriage, sex, sexuality, spiritual
“Being Christian and Gay” is a topic I am addressing in a series of posts on this blog. I am Christian. I am gay.
There is a dichotomy of passion and reason in current responses to the gay-Christian debate. Both of these fundamental responses—passion and reason—ebb and flow to a degree; but passion, which often is blind, usually usurps reason, which comes only after passion is quieted. It is my hope that my experience will shed some light on living a Christian life as a gay man. (more…)
