Mark you wrote "Sometimes whole communities engage in behaviors that harm other communities of people." LGBQT2S+ individuals all come with unique stories, and are already a part of our communities. Sometimes known and sometimes hiding.
We are not talking abstractly as a denomination about "others" these are our children our sisters and brothers, biologically, spiritually or both. Family members who have been imperfectly received, sometimes rejected, and reduced in many ways.
II Corinthians chapter 5- talks about Christ's love compelling us and states in verse 18 "All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation." Let us look at our own role to reconciliation, through a love that compels us to know one another, to know God and be known.
Thank God for those who stay and speak truth to the beloved, of a Holy God that loves us all despite our sins. Thank you Jesus for the reminder that we who are without sin can pick up the first stone. All stones should stay on the ground. Judgement is a terrible evangelism strategy.
Posted in: Talking About Human Sexuality With Love
Mark you wrote "Sometimes whole communities engage in behaviors that harm other communities of people." LGBQT2S+ individuals all come with unique stories, and are already a part of our communities. Sometimes known and sometimes hiding.
We are not talking abstractly as a denomination about "others" these are our children our sisters and brothers, biologically, spiritually or both. Family members who have been imperfectly received, sometimes rejected, and reduced in many ways.
II Corinthians chapter 5- talks about Christ's love compelling us and states in verse 18 "All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation." Let us look at our own role to reconciliation, through a love that compels us to know one another, to know God and be known.
Posted in: Talking About Human Sexuality With Love
Thank God for those who stay and speak truth to the beloved, of a Holy God that loves us all despite our sins. Thank you Jesus for the reminder that we who are without sin can pick up the first stone. All stones should stay on the ground. Judgement is a terrible evangelism strategy.