The Gay Disciple
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The Gay Disciple
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Author : John Henson
language : en
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Release Date : 2013-05-27
The Gay Disciple written by John Henson and has been published by John Hunt Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-27 with Religion categories.
What exactly was Jesus's relationship with the Beloved Disciple, with Mary and Martha? What was he like to be with, and how did he have such an impact on followers from diverse backgrounds? This faction story is an eye-opening look at what life was like in Palestine during the life of Jesus, at how society functioned, the social pressures of the time, and above all at what the teaching of Jesus on the Kingdom of God really meant. The beloved Disciple tells the story from his point of view, and is also joined by the Prodigal Daughter, the Gethsemane Streaker and other real live Christians.
The Gay Apostle
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Author : David Dawkins
language : en
Publisher: Common Ground Publishing
Release Date : 2016-07
The Gay Apostle written by David Dawkins and has been published by Common Ground Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07 with Religion categories.
The Gay Apostle and Other Essays is a sociological study of Saint Paul and the controversies emanating from his teaching about homosexuality, the role of women, marriage, and divorce. The title essay contends that St. Paul was homosexual and that his conversion to Christianity resulted from a psychotic seizure due to mental stress brought on by homosexual urges that ran counter to his deeply-engrained religious faith. Paul eventually formed an affective but celibate relationship with St. Luke and sublimated his sexual desires by pouring energy into a passion for God as the missionary to the Gentiles, which conveniently took him into the safer, more tolerant, non-Judaic Roman world. Yet despite all this, he bequeathed to Christianity a homophobic outlook. Some say Paul has been misunderstood, but David Dawkins argues that his condemnatory words mean exactly what they say, though they do require explanation, and in our better-informed age Paul's opinions should be rejected. This questions the notion of the Bible as "The Word of God." Following Paul, the Church adopted a view of marriage as divinely ordained and strictly monogamist, but research in evolutionary biology and behavioural science indicates that family and marriage are variable social constructs. By medieval times, the Church had institutionalized marriage and divorce as a means of exerting socio-political influence, but one king wrested power from the Vatican by reclaiming a right established in the Magna Carta. His story, encompassing geopolitics and papal corruption and venality, also reveals how willing the Church has been to disregard its own rules.
The Gay Gospels
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Author : Keith Sharpe
language : en
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Release Date : 2011-07-29
The Gay Gospels written by Keith Sharpe and has been published by John Hunt Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-29 with Religion categories.
The place of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in the Christian churches is a highly controversial issue. The stance of all the mainline churches is that homosexuality is sinful and incompatible with Christianity. In seeking to respond to attacks on their lives, identities and relationships LGBT Christians have moved over recent decades from a defensive position to a more affirmative position which asserts that there is evidence in the Bible and the Jesus tradition of validated homoerotic experience. This book presents a systematic overview of both the defensive and affirmative positions. In part one, The Defensive Testament, each of the so-called 'biblical texts of terror' used to demonise LGBT people is considered in turn and found wanting. None of them has anything to say about consensual same sex love. In part two, The Affirmative Testament, homoerotic elements in various Bible stories including the healing of the centurion's servant, Jesus and the beloved disciple, David and Jonathan, Ruth and Naomi are revealed to make visible the place of LGBT lives in the Biblical tradition. Taken together, these two testaments forcefully champion the equality of LGBT people in the Kingdom of God and represent a formidable challenge to ecclesiastical homophobia.
Ministering Graciously To The Gay And Lesbian Community
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Author : Brian Keith Williams
language : en
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Release Date : 2005
Ministering Graciously To The Gay And Lesbian Community written by Brian Keith Williams and has been published by Destiny Image Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
Helps you understand what will enable those individuals who are entrenched in what is called an 'alternative' lifestyle to find a path of peace in the recovery of their soul and self-esteem. Educate those who want to learn, to relate and to understand in order to genuinely minister graciously to the gay and lesbian community, whether they be family, friends, or fellow church members. Equip the reader with the information to gently and lovingly apply the oil of God's Spirit and the wine of God's love.
The Gay Gospels
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Author : Keith Sharpe
language : en
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
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The Gay Gospels written by Keith Sharpe and has been published by John Hunt Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Religion categories.
This book refutes the idea that the Bible is homophobic and makes visible the gay lives and validated homoerotic experience to be found in it.
Messy Grace
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Author : Caleb Kaltenbach
language : en
Publisher: WaterBrook
Release Date : 2015-10-20
Messy Grace written by Caleb Kaltenbach and has been published by WaterBrook this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-20 with Religion categories.
Sometimes, grace gets messy. Caleb Kaltenbach was raised by LGBT parents, marched in gay pride parades as a youngster, and experienced firsthand the hatred and bitterness of some Christians toward his family. But then Caleb surprised everyone, including himself, by becoming a Christian…and a pastor. Very few issues in Christianity are as divisive as the acceptance of the LGBT community in the church. As a pastor and as a person with beloved family members living a gay lifestyle, Caleb had to face this issue with courage and grace. Messy Grace shows us that Jesus’s command to “love your neighbor as yourself” doesn’t have an exception clause for a gay “neighbor”—or for that matter, any other “neighbor” we might find it hard to relate to. Jesus was able to love these people and yet still hold on to his beliefs. So can you. Even when it’s messy. “Messy Grace is an important contribution to the conversation about sexual identity for churches and leaders. Caleb's story is surprising and unique, and he weaves it together compellingly. He states his views clearly, leaves room for disagreement, and champions love no matter where you are in this conversation.” —Jud Wilhite, Sr. Pastor, Central Christian Church
From Homosexuality To Christ
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Author : Apostle Richard Minter
language : en
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Release Date : 2010-04
From Homosexuality To Christ written by Apostle Richard Minter and has been published by Outskirts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04 with Family & Relationships categories.
Defining Life in Him, through Him, and because of Him! Have you been in denial about your lifestyle? If so, it's time to come clean and get real! In From Homosexuality to Christ, the author shares his personal struggles with homosexuality and how he reconciled his lifestyle with the church's teachings. I never felt like it was wrong because as far as I can remember it felt normal and right-until I met Jesus Christ. The Lord showed me through His Word that homosexuality was just sin like any other sin. He also showed me that I could change through the help of God. I learned that God loves me no matter what. God loves mankind and created all in the likeness of His own image. Let's stop destroying-through bias, judgment, and criticism- what He has created, and experience the profound love God has for us all.
The Father S Heart On Homosexuality
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Author : Walter L. Smith III
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2022-02-09
The Father S Heart On Homosexuality written by Walter L. Smith III and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-09 with Religion categories.
The Father’s Heart on Homosexuality seeks to build strong community bridges for eternity, by effectively and efficiently ministering to the needs of the most vulnerable in society. The Rev. Walter L. Smith III sends a clear and concise message to society about God’s perfect, unrelenting, and unchanging love for faithfully redeeming LGBTQIA+ persons who are hurting, lost, confused, and struggling. His commitment to supporting the LGBTQIA+ and Christian communities began after a special invitation from a relative (by marriage) that shared his desires to build community bridges, conduct targeted discipleship, and advocate on behalf of the most vulnerable in the LGBTQIA+ community in Louisville, Kentucky. In this book, the author answers questions such as: • Why is “image” the starting point of all healthy spiritual development? • What does Paul mean by “the Spirit gives life”? • What does it mean to be genuine and authentic in your relationship with God? • What about the LGBTQIA genuinely breaks the Father’s heart? If you actively refuse to receive God’s Perfect Substitutionary Sacrifice and Gift through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, nothing in this life will properly heal, be restored or will ever be completely made whole on yours or my behalf. You’ll remain separated from Almighty God, with your besetting sins that will eventually destroy you, and you’ll regret choosing to spend all of eternity literally, physically and eternally tormented by choices to live your life contrary to the Word of God bound in the devil’s hell.
God And The Gay Christian
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Author : Matthew Vines
language : en
Publisher: Convergent Books
Release Date : 2014-04-22
God And The Gay Christian written by Matthew Vines and has been published by Convergent Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with Religion categories.
“God and the Gay Christian is a game changer. Winsome, accessible, and carefully researched, every page is brought to life by the author’s clear love for Scripture and deep, persistent faith. With this book, Matthew Vines emerges as one of my generation’s most important Christian leaders, not only on matters of sexuality but also on what it means to follow Jesus with wisdom, humility, and grace. Prepare to be challenged and enlightened, provoked and inspired. Read with an open heart and mind, and you are bound to be changed.” — Rachel Held Evans, author of A Year of Biblical Womanhood and Faith Unraveled As a young Christian man, Matthew Vines harbored the same basic hopes of most young people: to someday share his life with someone, to build a family of his own, to give and receive love. But when he realized he was gay, those hopes were called into question. The Bible, he’d been taught, condemned gay relationships. Feeling the tension between his understanding of the Bible and the reality of his same-sex orientation, Vines devoted years of intensive research into what the Bible says about homosexuality. With care and precision, Vines asked questions such as: • Do biblical teachings on the marriage covenant preclude same-sex marriage or not? • How should we apply the teachings of Jesus to the gay debate? • What does the story of Sodom and Gomorrah really say about human relationships? • Can celibacy be a calling when it is mandated, not chosen? • What did Paul have in mind when he warned against same-sex relations? Unique in its affirmation of both an orthodox faith and sexual diversity, God and the Gay Christian is likely to spark heated debate, sincere soul searching, even widespread cultural change. Not only is it a compelling interpretation of key biblical texts about same-sex relations, it is also the story of a young man navigating relationships with his family, his hometown church, and the Christian church at large as he expresses what it means to be a faithful gay Christian.
The Book Of Andrew
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Author : Charles Cale Lehman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10
The Book Of Andrew written by Charles Cale Lehman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
This is a true story. After a lifetime of mystical experiences and informative dreams, Charles Lehman, in aseries of past-life regressions guided by Bruce Gregory, realizes that he once lived as the Apostle Andrew, that he and the Apostle Philip were lovers, and the Jesus blessed their union and, in effect, married them. Shortly after, he begins to receive vivid memories in a flood of images, words, and emotions: an apostle's witness to the authentic Jesus.--Publisher.