Until just a few years ago I didn’t know there could be such a thing as a gay Christian. I am now a reformed heterosexist, formerly guilty of homophobic, wrong-headed thinking. I didn’t know about GLBT Christians until I came across magazines such as “Whosoever.”
Fellowship Congregational Church, Tulsa, Okla. Reading for Transfiguration Sunday (Last Sunday after Epiphany): Luke 9:28-36 Early 20th century English writer G. K. Chesterton once defined philosophy as “thinking that had been thought out.” We are influenced, Chesterton went on to say, either by thought that
Fellowship Congregational Church, Tulsa, Okla. Reading for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Luke 5:1-11 You can always tell what is going on in the United States by what people are willing to spend their money on. Books about religion or the sacred are currently better
Cathedral of Hope MCC, Dallas, Texas Readings for the Second Sunday after Epiphany: Isaiah 62:1-5, John 2:1-11 Last year, when planning today’s sermon, the Old Testament reading jumped off the page at me. It speaks of a time when the God’s people felt abandoned and
Back to Index Websites Our Verses of Hope page provides passages that prove to LGBTQ+ people — and really, to everyone — that God loves us and is with us always; these passages far outnumber the six clobber passages. Homosexuality and Transgenderism Bible Study By
Back to Index In summary: Homosexual activity in the temple by male prostitutes is clearly prohibited by the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). Homosexual activity in general may have been prohibited at the time by the Holiness Code, but that code is no longer binding on
Part of a series of essays on the Bible and homosexuality. Condemnation of the Sodomites Jude 7 refers to the people of Sodom as “giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh.” Strange flesh has been variously translated as perverted sensuality, unnatural lust,
Part of a series of essays on the Bible and homosexuality. Malakoi and arsenokoitai in 1 Timothy 1 Timothy 1:9 again refers to malakoi arsenokoitai which has been variously translated as homosexuals, sexual perverts etc. Again, the original meaning of the text as been lost.
Part of a series of essays on the Bible and homosexuality. Malakoi and arsenokoitai in 1 Corinthians In 1 Corinthians 6:9, Paul lists a many activities that will prevent people from inheriting God’s realm. One has been variously translated as effeminate, homosexuals, or sexual perverts.
Part of a series of essays on the Bible and homosexuality. Paul’s criticism of sexual activity Romans 1:26 and 27, at first glance, appear to condemn gay and lesbian activity. Paul criticizes sexual activity which is against a person’s nature or disposition. But in Greek