tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post4986275419418949364..comments2023-08-23T08:45:53.071-06:00Comments on Paradoxy: What Is a Christian?Eugenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431724892247691165noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-14819634165136805372007-08-29T15:34:00.000-06:002007-08-29T15:34:00.000-06:00Challenging post--thank you. Conservative evangel...Challenging post--thank you. Conservative evangelical Norman Geisler has written a new book called 'Love Your Neighbor: Thinking Wisely About Right and Wrong.' An overview of ethics, he surprisingly writes a balanced view on homosexuality and even heterosexual sin has its own chapter. That's a unique change. Also, chapters on Economic Injustice, ecology and civil disobedience are covered--not too common subject matter. A good and challenging read.<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Love-Your-Neighbor-Thinking-Wisely/dp/1581349459/ref=sr_1_1/102-2085712-9684969?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188422381&sr=8-1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-46446527200555196792007-04-17T10:21:00.000-06:002007-04-17T10:21:00.000-06:00Terrific. I'm going to bookmark this for the next...Terrific. I'm going to bookmark this for the next time that comes up in online debate. After I came out, and had to leave the Assemblies of God church, I became first a church-shopper, then an "apatheist" who was happy to sleep in and watch the entire race on Sunday, then a Pagan. So I can't speak to this debate, but I'm glad others can. Sometimes I feel like LGBT Christians are braver than I am--y'all stuck it out.CrackerLilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176388186521154104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-66435431502718399862007-04-16T10:03:00.000-06:002007-04-16T10:03:00.000-06:00Exposing the lie that "gay and Christian are incom...Exposing the lie that "gay and Christian are incompatible" is one of the reasons I finally crawled out of the closet, after hiding for 35 years (15 of them sober and active in the Lutheran church).<BR/><BR/>One commenter on my "coming out" blog tried telling me that a Christian is one who follows the demands and commands of Scripture. So by definition, I couldn't be a Christian, because you can't sleep with a man and follow Scripture.<BR/><BR/>I replied, "Yes, I agree that a component of Christianity is obedience to those commands. And those of us in the GLBT community would simply appreciate it if Christians would stop being so <I>damn selective</I> about which commands they enforce, and which ones they blatantly ignore. Then we could see the truly <I>pure</I> folks, as opposed to the everyday Christian sinners."<BR/><BR/>The Acts 10 passage has become an integral part of my personal credo. It's not about who I sleep with - or who I lie to, or with whom I commit any one of a hundred sins. The question is, am I exhibiting the signs of Christian faith? <BR/><BR/>For now, I'll claim to be (to steal a line) "A New Kind of Gentile," and trust that God can sort this out better than His kids do.Steve F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12697100521186605498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-14131690780474952832007-04-14T20:22:00.000-06:002007-04-14T20:22:00.000-06:00Good and challenging thinking -- as per usual.Good and challenging thinking -- as per usual.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559254262445527142noreply@blogger.com