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Can You Be Gay & Christian?

Written by Steve on July 2, 2014

Can You Be Gay & Christian?

Same-sex relations and marriage is a divisive topic within the Body of Christ with passions running high on both sides. At Beyond the Pale I don’t steer clear of questions that are pressing in on the church so I thought I would share a debate, Can you be Gay and Christian?, that has gone viral in the blog-o-sphere the this week.

The debate pits Matthew Vines, a gay Christian and proponent of same-sex relations being recognised within the church against Dr. Michael Brown, a Christian apologist who takes the position that same-sex relations contradict Biblical teachings.

I’ve listened to the whole debate and it does serve as a good primer into the arguments being used on both sides of the issue, arguments that I feel Christians need to become aware of.

Comments are welcome!

5 comments

Connie Mudore
July 2, 2014

The question reveals a lot about the person(s) asking. Questions always do. Here are some others: Can you be white and male and Christian? Can you be heterosexual and Christian? Can you be rich and Christian? Can you work for a corporation that destroys the planet and be Christian? Can you pay taxes to a militaristic government and be a Christian? And while we’re at it, what evidence exists that Jesus wasn’t gay? He wasn’t married and he hung out with a bunch of guys a lot. Wouldn’t that be something if Jesus himself was in fact gay? Or black? Or both? Maybe the question should be can you not be gay and be a Christian?
Andreas
July 2, 2014

Another good resource on this, and other difficult topics is the Unbelievable radio show on Premier (http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable)
- Steve
  July 2, 2014
  
  Agreed Andreas, Premier is good. We’ve shown one of those debates in during a Bread & Wine evening last year
Sherry
July 3, 2014

The host of the program made it difficult to stay with it. She didn’t do a very good job of keeping Mr. Brown from talking over Mr. Vines. She said it would be a respectful discussion, it didn’t really seem that way to me. Thanks for posting it.
daryl
February 6, 2015

you can be gay and christian….you can be an alcoholic or drug addict and christian…you can be short-tempered and violent and christian…you can be an egomaniac and christian…any sinful practice you can participate in…and still be christian.What you cant be is spiritual.When you live in a constant,habitual state of sin you are a carnal christian,grieving the Holy Spirit.The question should be “can christians practicing homosexual behavior be pleasing their Lord” ? Mr. Brown blew away Mr.Vines in the debate.Only a believer who is carnal themselves and spends little time in study of Gods Word would find Mr. Vines point of view accurate or convincing.