Posted on 06/12/2022 6:00:54 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
A queer affirming hymnal called ‘Songs For The Holy Other’ is helping LGBTQIA+ Christians keep the faith, but what faith exactly is that? I want you to imagine for a moment a Christian church that, say, served alcohol to their members instead of coffee, what be wrong with that? It would be in violation of scriptures like Proverbs 20:1 (KJB) that tells you drinking alcohol will deceive you and should be avoided at all costs. Imagine a Christian church that promoted violence, it would be in violation of scripture like Romans 12:18 (KJB) that tells us to live peaceably with all men, and allow God to have vengeance, not you. Now imagine a Christian church that took the music to beloved hymns and wrote new lyrics to promote the idea that God affirms the queer lifestyle in spite of the fact of scripture like Romans 1:21-32 (KJB) that absolutely condemns it. You would make God a sinner and a liar like you. The new hymnal ‘Songs For The Holy Other’ does exactly that.
“Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.” Romans 7:13 (KJB)
When I read the Bible, I clearly see that God has provided salvation through His Son Jesus Christ’s death, burial and resurrection for any and all people who desire to be saved. But part of what salvation is is acknowledging that you are a sinner who is against God by your very existence, and that you need to become born again as Jesus commands. There is no such thing as an LGBTQIA+ Christian Church because the Bible clearly declares that lifestyle to be 100% in opposition to God. Just read Genesis 19:1-17 (KJB) or Jude 1:7 (KJB) to see how God feels about the lifestyle of Sodom and Gomorrah. There is no ‘holy other’, God alone is holy, and if you want God you must be born again and start battling your sin, not embracing it.
‘Songs for the Holy Other’ was compiled by a committee of Hymn Society members representing seven denominations and a wide range of sexualities and gender identities.
FROM CNN: Jeannette Lindholm knows the feeling. The professor and hymn writer based in Salem, Massachusetts was raised in an evangelical Christian church, surrounded by music. “Hymns have a powerful influence on theology and how people understand and experience the divine,” she says. Except, her early years of faith were marred by a strong dissonance. To her hometown congregation, and even to her family, Lindholm’s sexuality was a sin in need of healing, an aberration to be tolerated at best. But Lindholm didn’t want to be tolerated. She wanted to be loved.
“I profoundly believe in the healing power of love and grace,” she said. “I didn’t want to abandon my faith.”
Instead, she dedicated her life to studying music, feminism and theology. She absorbed other religious perspectives. She fell in love with her now-wife, Chris, and found a faith community that believed what she had all along: That divine love has no qualifications, and to be different is a blessing. Two of Lindholm’s works are featured in “Songs for the Holy Other,” a collection of LGBTQ-affirming hymns compiled by the Hymn Society, a 100-year-old institution for religious music. First published in 2019, the collection has proven to be a unique resource for churches who fully celebrate queer believers.
“The title, Songs for the Holy Other, is a self-conscious claiming of otherness as holy and beloved of God,” the project’s mission statement reads.
LGBTQ Christians, faith leaders and allies know how important this perception is — to see otherness celebrated in this powerful form of song, and to be considered necessary in a community instead of just tolerated.
“Songs for the Holy Other” was compiled by a committee of Hymn Society members representing seven denominations and a wide range of sexualities and gender identities. Through submission calls and good old word-of-mouth, the committee chose 45 texts from more than 160 songs and hymns, paying specific attention to works that weren’t already widely available.
The result is an alchemy of tradition. Historically, hymns have been written to fit with different, familiar tunes to make them easier and more enjoyable for people to sing. That practice continues here, with some recently written works like “A Hymn for Self-Acceptance,” “God of Queer, Transgressive Spaces” and “Impartial, Compassionate God” being paired with melodies familiar to many churchgoers.
When God is silent and doesn’t respond to mankind’s abominations, this is when people should be most fearful.
These people are begging to be incinerated.
There is no such thing as the LGBT….. christian church. Whatever they call themselves they are most definitely not Christian
For sure! I don’t want to be anywhere near these people when God’s finally had enough of their crappola.
This reinforces judgement is not too far off as the world descends into the muck of immorality rebelling against GOD.
Maranatha!
Why post this? Why?
Talk about putting too fine a point on it. These people certainly are making the line between good and evil
crystal clear.
Gd will let us get away with lots of stuff and still forgive us and love us. But, haha, we have to be sorry. We have to try to stay away from sin and corrupting influences. We have to try to make up for our wrongs. So easy! But impossible, apparently, for some.
Gaywads, this is really, really simple: Normal people don’t want you around because you are not trustworthy. They don’t want you around their normal families with your self-pity and whining. They don’t want you sneakily influencing their kids. They don’t want to hear about your “struggles with identity” when they are struggling with hard reality. They resent the special privileges you demand regarding employment, housing, health care - and faith.
It’s not them: It’s YOU.
Yes, in the depth of your sin Gd still loves you and cares for you. But wallowing in sin and making excuses for it, trying to establish the wrong as another normal - just makes it worse.
You may never be able to completely get rid of your urge to do wrong. But you can control your actions so that you stop doing wrong.
Galatians 6:7
Interesting that anybody can called themselves anything they choose but in the end they will find out that no matter what they call themselves, IF they are not the called of God it will not end well for them. As for the real Christians who ARE the called of God, why are you so concerned? Everything the revelation of God predicted in His Word is happening right before your very eyes. Many who call themselves “Christian” are looking in the wrong direction. “Some people say the way to God is what ever way you choose...hug a tree, kiss the sea, idolize the moon...fall down today to an image made of clay, or follow the crowd, shout out loud, bow your head consult the dead.....the Bible show there’s only one way to gain eternal life, We believe in a Risen Savior and on His cross we’re crucified...by Faith Justified, by His Blood we’re sanctified....raised up by the Angels Trump, at the end we’re glorified...do you read the word, do you live the Life, do you serve the Lord in all you do”. Lyrics of a song by Lawren Star and The Search.
“LGBTQIA+ Christians”
There is no such thing.
Sure, ok, take prayer out of public schools. What’s the worst that could happen?
Pardon the expletive, please.
“They also want everyone else to worship them, and “corporate America” says yes”
The packaging of the book fits right in. Manufactured for an audience, and by “The Hymn Society” to boot! Lol.
Add Isaiah 5:20.
Everything has become tainted with these literal bottom feeders.
LGBTQ + DEMOCRAT+ CHRISTIAN = NO SUCH THING!!, and some RINO’s are right there with them!
“I profoundly believe in the healing power of love and grace,” she said. “I didn’t want to abandon my faith.”
So noble. But you weren’t in “the faith once for all delivered to the saints”, you were rejecting it. Still are, no matter how much you use the buzzwords of “love and grace”.
Not a Christian church.
Not.
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