http://www.gaychristian101.com/Gay-Christians-blog.html Our latest updates, new pages, Bible studies and new information for gay Christians, all GLBTs and those who love them. en-us Gay Christian 101 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:22:52 GMT Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:22:52 GMT gaychristian101.com http://www.gaychristian101.com/Exodus.html Exodus and Alan Chambers are truth averse. Alan recently punkd Justin Lee and the GCN Conference. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:22:51 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/what-words-could-paul-have-used-if-he-intended-to-condemn-homosexuality.html If Paul intended to condemn homosexuality, he could have used a word from the following list to make his point. Instead of using these words however, Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:57:10 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/what-did-paul-mean-when-he-used-the-greek-word-arsenokoitai.html That's a great question because Paul could have used many words if he intended to blast gays and lesbians. Yet Paul used none of those available words, Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:59:17 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/why-do-you-say-leviticus-1822-is-about-goddess-worship.html Because that's what experts and scholars say. Listen to James Neill and Dr. Robert Gagnon and conservative mega-church pastor John MacArthur. I don't Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:47:08 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/sermons.html The best sermons are expositiory, drawing out the great truths of inerrant infallible scripture. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:51:15 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/what-is-justification-by-faith-part-5.html Justification by faith is the marriage of justice and mercy, God giving us the free gift of His righteousness when we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior, Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:34:44 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/why-do-so-many-young-people-quit-church.html Thanks for asking such a great question. I believe at least four factors cause professing christians to quit church. 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Being GLBT is an innate orientation, almost never a choice made by the individual. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:42:55 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/my-mom-and-dad-come-out.html No, my Mom and Dad were not gay. But parents of GLBT kids must also come out, in the sense that they acknowledge that their kid is gay. And for some, Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:31:34 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/is-everything-in-the-gospel-of-matthew-applicable-to-christians.html Historically speaking, Jesus was the Jewish Messiah to Jews who lived in the land of Israel under the law of Moses in the first century A.D. His message Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:38:03 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Malakoi.html When Malakoi is used by Jesus, Paul and early Christians, it refers to soft clothing, substandard ethics, weak morals. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:29:50 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Sodom.html In spite of what is taught in churches, the Bible is completely silent about homosexuality in Sodom. The Bible says absolutely nothing about homosexuals in Sodom and Gomorrah. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:38:28 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/does-1-cor-72-exclude-gays-and-lesbians-from-marriage.html No, absolutely not. Many anti-gay christians wrongly interpret words which describe marriage in the Bible, to attack gays and lesbians. When God describes Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:11:37 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Coming-Out-Gay.html Coming out gay and Christian is the place to share your personal experience of growing up gay and how you reconciled being gay and Christian. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:11:29 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/how-can-i-get-my-mother-to-accept-that-me-being-gay-is-not-a-sin.html I know how frustrating it can be, trying to explain to your parents that being gay is not the sin they think it is. Many Christians are taught that being Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:02:45 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/was-adam-a-real-man-part-1.html Yes, I believe that Adam was a real man, specially created by God, precisely as the Bible describes in Genesis 1-2. Adam was our original ancestor from Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:34:12 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/transvestism.html Transvestism, wearing clothing of the opposite sex, is practiced by many heterosexuals and does not always indicate one's gender or sexuality. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:54:00 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/what-is-your-honest-opinion-on-the-illuminati-conspiracy.html I became aware of the Illuminati and other alleged conspiracies in 1967 when as a sophomore in high school, I read Rose L. 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He screens each test and lights Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:09:26 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/who-is-my-neighbor.html Luke 10:27-37 So patiently they struggle on From day to dreary day; And never glimpse a ray of hope To light their weary way. The listless eyes, the Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:32:26 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/rose-bud.html He makes a blushing rosebud The object of His care; Exquisite in its beauty, We see redemption there. The soft and scarlet petals, God's blood do signify; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:50:22 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Define-Arsenokoites.html Define Arsenokoites. The Greek language had words to describe homosexual activity but arsenokoites was rarely, if ever, used to describe homosexual activity. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:37:53 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Define-Malakoi.html Define Malakoi - In the Bible, malakoi never refers to homosexuality and never describes gays, lesbians, bisexuals or transgendered people. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:30:18 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/idolatry.html Idolatry in the Bible is linked to shrine prostitutes and their pagan worship of the fertility goddess. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:25:32 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/David-and-Jonathan.html If David and Jonathan enjoyed a romantic sexual relationship, their story presents immense opportunities for twenty-first century Christians. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:14:18 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Cult-Prostitutes.html Cult prostitutes engaged in anal sex to worship the fertility goddess. This pagan worship is much different than homosexuality. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:27:41 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Beastiality.html The beastiality argument is a dishonest attempt by anti-gay Christians to equate gay and lesbian partnerships to having sex with animals. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:29:43 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Ask-A-Question.html Ask a question provides honest Biblical answers to questions people ask about being gay and Christian. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:25:32 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Babylonian-Talmud-On-Sodom.html In the Babylonian Talmud on Sodom, Sanhedrin 109, the Rabbis are absolutely clear that heterosexual adultery, greed and love of money were sins of Sodom. These demonstrate lack of hospitality. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:23:42 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Arsenokoites.html Arsenokoites is rarely, if ever, used in antiquity, to describe homosexuality. The Greek language had other words to describe homosexual activity. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:21:37 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/answer.html Answer - The Bible has important answers for questions people ask about being gay and Christian. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:17:09 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/aristides.html Aristides apology links Romans 1 to shrine prostutition as the example of where idolatry leads rather than blasting lesbians and gays. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:24:41 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Molech.html Molech had a fertility goddess consort named Ashtoreth. The Holiness Code intended to prevent Israel from adopting the Canaanite religious practice of fertility goddess worship. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:46:37 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Shrine-Prostitutes.html Shrine prostitutes were not homosexuals. They were often heterosexual pagan worshipers of the fertility goddess. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:17:08 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Romans-1.html Romans 1, in historical context, is about ancient Roman fertility goddess worshipers who engaged in shrine prostitution to worship their false goddess, not gays and lesbians. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:03:03 GMT http://www.gaychristian101.com/Inhospitality.html Inhospitality, a hard and cruel attitude toward strangers, was the real sin of Sodom. Scripture is abundantly clear on this. Jesus never mentions homosexuality in Sodom. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:49:34 GMT