Some people point to six key passages that they believe provide indisputable admonitions against homosexuality. We have considered how we relate to, understand, and interpret Scripture. That is to say, How We Read the Bible and I have shared with you My Relationship with Scripture. What about these six passages.?
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Being Christian and Gay – Part 4: Specific Bible Passages
Posted: September 26, 2017 in Being Christian and GayTags: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, 1 Timothy 1:10, Bible, gay, Genesis 18-19, Leviticus 18-20, Romans 1:26-27, Same-Sex Behavior, Scripture, sex
Being Christian and Gay – Part 1: Context for Conversation
Posted: September 5, 2017 in Being Christian and GayTags: Christian, Christianity, gay, sex, sexuality
The context for this blog conversation, which I hope you will engage, is the intersection of faith and sexuality, particularly, my faith and sexuality.
Beginning in the early eighties, I was drawn to every printed word about homosexuality I came across. I filed every newspaper and magazine article I could find. At the time, I had not self-identified as gay, but I was desperately trying to find clarity to my sexuality in the context of my faith.
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…)
