I hold the church personally responsible for any LGBTQ person who walks away from God and Christianity. Every week, I get emails from individuals all across the country who are full of desire to be a part of a church.
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There’s not much in my life that I regret. I don’t mean to say that I haven’t made mistakes, but most of the time I’ve been able to work towards peace and redemption in those “messed up” places.
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Part 6 of an 8 part series. See other articles below.
Read More“I don’t wanna be gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered, or queer…
because I want to get married
No blog today! Candice and her wife had the twins – everyone is doing great! – so check back next week as we continue the series!
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“Purity is purity,” I’ve heard it said. But I wonder, is it that simple? How are we to view purity when it comes to situations of sexual abuse, rape and other kinds of sexual assault?
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We all long for relationships and connection; emotional, psychological and sexual. Life would probably be much less painful if this were not true but it would also be much less full of beauty and joy.
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We are not born with ideas of how sex works, when to have it, what its about, or how we can glorify God with it. We laugh with embarrassment when answering a young child’s question of where babies come from, even as those we ask that to as children are beginning to form our ideas about sex.
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It felt important to keep the next two questions together with those I surveyed; What is your sexual orientation? and Are you a Christian?
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On the way to my wedding shower, I received a text picture of a gift someone had dropped off at my parents house for the days event. Yay, our first gift! It had been neatly wrapped in a pattern covering every square inch of the box… in bride and grooms.
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When was the last time you heard a sermon focusing on your belovedness, with no “but” attached to it? I mean, an entire Sunday service all about taking in and feeling how much God loves you and delights in you?
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Most likely he, or she felt called to the ministry early in life and when it was time to choose a college, they had already known for a long time that they wanted to shepherd people. They love the process of seeking God, discovering what they should preach on, the energy of standing before their congregation and preaching.
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Have you ever wondered why it was important for Jesus to be human? I’m not talking about why it was important for him to come and give up his life for us; the crucifixion.
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By now you’ve all heard of the “It Gets Better” campaign and seen their YouTube videos. If you haven’t, the premise of these videos is that people from all walks of life
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If you have a friend who comes out to you as LGBTQ you should immediately distance yourself from them.
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There seems to be three reactions to the news that World Vision changed it’s position from allowing same sex married people to be employed with them, to once again denying it.
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In times of struggle, I always remember something a pastor once told me, “God never leaves you. If you look next to you and God’s not there, it’s because you’ve moved, not Him.”
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He really said it, didn’t he? In just a few sentences, one man was able to put into words what it took me an entire article to write about.
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I was beyond exhausted the morning after the hospital training and tour. I felt shaky and unsure, and tempted to just simply let time pass in the hope that the old saying of “time will heal” would kick into action on my account.
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“Lets pretend that I’m in labor and you have to get me to the hospital,” my wife said a few nights ago. Even the idea of this made my heart pound, my mouth go dry and the compulsion to speed came over me.
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The disciples hear this and see the impossibility of it and respond with a reasonable question, “then who could be saved?” Along with them, I want to know, what is Jesus saying here?
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