Jesus puts us in the difficult places

You may wonder, or maybe not, where I get my ideas for what I blog about. This blog is mainly about how we as Christians can live out justice in our world. Sometimes I have other topics that I address, but in general as I read the news or religous publications I look for things that catch my eye and then I talk about it. And so it is that I can upon this article.

It is about the importance of faith to those who are gay. It is a great article that defines the real issue about where churches stand homesexuality. "According to its website, more liberal denominations and Christians tend to view homosexuality as a civil-rights matter. They generally believe it is a fixed, unchosen, normal, natural and morally neutral sexual orientation for a minority of adults.

More conservative denominations and Christians tend to view homosexuality as a profound evil. They generally believe it is changeable, chosen, abnormal, unnatural and immoral behavior, regardless of the nature of the relationship."

Christians on both sides of the line debate the matter using scripture, experience reason and tradition. If you are struggling with this question you are in a good place. There should not be a single person who doesn't have a little bit of doubt about their beliefs on this matter.

The point of this particular article is that people who consider themselves gay are hurting. They are abused, made fun of, ostracized, kicked out of society. Put another way, it is exactly the type of people Jesus would hang out with.

We, the Church, have got to get the hate out of the message. No matter what you believe about this, we have to love those who are hurting. I hope you are challenged to pray, read scripture, think and care more because of this story.

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