Posted on 06/07/2014 2:20:39 PM PDT by yongin
My denomination is dealing these days with a pastor in California who reversed his position on homosexuality. The pastor said that his shift coincided with his 15 year-old son’s announcement that he is gay. This is a situation every Christian should think through, now. As I’ve said before, at stake on the issue of a Christian sexual ethic is the gospel of Jesus Christ. But what if, sitting across from you, is your child or grandchild?
You will, without a doubt, have someone close to you in your family come out as gay or lesbian, if not already, then sometime in the future. How should a Christian parent or grandparent respond?
One of the reasons this is such a crushing experience for many is because they assume that their alternatives are affirmation or alienation. I either give up my relationship with my child or I give up the Bible. The gospel never suggests this set of alternatives, and in fact demonstrates just the opposite.
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So the numbers have been dropping! That’s a good trend!
That's what I said.
Inform him the odds of him truly being a mentally ill homo are less than 2%.
Exactly right. He wouldn't have even come up with the idea except for the Propaganda on Television. People need to smash those things and quit watching them.
**Tell them it is wrong and you will pray for them**
And that you will support him as he struggles to reverse his thoughts and actions.
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If your child is a thief, an adulterer or a murderer, he will be harming someone else. If he's gay, that isn't necessarily so.
Very poor argument on your part.
The "Gay" lifestyle brings with it a legion of horrible diseases. Many sexually transmitted viruses mutate into cancers, so it is quite common for "gay" men to die from cancer. Their life expectancy is greatly shortened from that of a normal heterosexual man.
Not Christian but I do note that Jesus didn’t discriminate but helped and loved all.
A big element of love is truth. It is not the squishy feeling our culture says it is.
Nope...you miss the point. You don't change, or diminish, Biblical teaching because of something happening in your family.
The Word of God doesn't change to fit your needs. You change to fit the Word of God.
For several years I was asked to work for the Hugh O’Brien Youth Foundation during their youth leadership training seminar. http://www.hoby.org/what-is-hoby
The seminar brought sophmores considered leaders and recommended by their high schools to attend. The kids did a variety of workshops and were really impressive. The kind of kids that would make you stop worrying about the future.
There were a variety of presentations. One was a blind skier who told an amazing story. Another was by a homosexual activist. The homosexual activist told the students to pick a number from one to ten. Then after a pause he said, “We know that one of you picked a number that means you’re homosexual or gay.” He ended his talk shortly thereafter. Immediately, the kids around me demanded to know what the number was. At first, I didn’t understand what they meant.
They explained that they wanted to know if they picked the number that meant you were gay. I explained that there is no such thing. Homosexuals are at most 5% of the population and that the guy was cruelly manipulating them. The kids nearest me were obviously relieved.
I can tell you two other stories involving homosexual activists and liberals manipulating the HOBY event to benefit the homosexual agenda. I’m certain it started out as a good idea, like so many things it’s been corrupted. Eventually, because I wouldn’t let them get away with lying they disinvited me from future events.
The solution is simple. Continue to love your child while treating them for a mental illness. Homosexuality is no different than the thousands of other potential aberrations found among human beings - physical and mental. They’re still human beings, still God’s children and still need to be loved. Charity never fails.
So we’re breaking the back of Western Civilization so 2% of the population can pretend they’re normal?
I know several very kind, loving and thoughtful lesbians and homosexuals. Let’s not tar an entire group by the behavior of some. None of the homosexuals I know of want SSM. One lesbian couple we know were recently married in Iowa, but they’re very old and have been together 30+ years.
Spot on. For eons tomboys just grew up and got married. Now they’re groomed for lesbianism. Any less than supermacho boy is groomed for homosexuality. Get them out of government school. Better to raise kids poor, but morally upright and insulated from the madness.
Nonsense. It’s the activity, the practice of it that makes it a sin. Being born abnormal or becoming abnormal doesn’t make one less human or a sinner.
Agreed. Sexual sin is wrong no matter what.
Exactly!
I believe the context of the thread is one of being actively gay. A person in the act of being gay is a sinner just as much as a person in the act of stealing is a sinner.
As are other sins like greed envy pride gluttony etc.....
Hate the sin. Love the sinner and try to help them sin no more.
My husband has a lot of gay cousins. In one family all three children are turned out Gay, one girl and two boys. They are all well respected professionals, but it was not easy, their father never accepted their homosexuality and I think that their mother died before anyone knew. I went to his funeral and all three kids, adults by that time, stood up and told how they loved their father, but did not like him because of his attitude toward homosexuality and all the pain that he caused them. I have never seen anything like it.
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