Biblical support for gay marriage
How Should Christians Respond to Gay Friends or Family Members?
Caleb Kaltenbach (M.A. ’07) is an alumnus of Biola’s Talbot School of Theology, lead pastor of a large church in Simi Valley, Calif., and a married father of two. He’s also an emerging voice in the discussion of how Christians should engage the LGBT community. That’s because Kaltenbach has an insider perspective, having been raised by a dad and mom who divorced and independently came out of the closet as a gay male and a sapphic. Raised in the midst of LGBT parties and self-acceptance parades, Kaltenbach became a Christian and a pastor as a young mature person. Today, he manages the tension of holding to the traditional biblical training on sexuality while loving his same-sex attracted parents.
Kaltenbach’s unique story is detailed in his new novel Messy Grace: How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Without Sacrificing Conviction and landed him on the front page of the New York Times in June. Biola Magazine reached out to him to talk about his book and his perspective on how Christians can improved navigate the complexities of this
What does the Bible utter about gay marriage?
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The Bible says nothing about homosexual marriage directly, but it does set down the foundational principles of what constitutes marriagein God’s eyes. Every reference to marriage in the Bible indicates a union of male and female. The first description of marriage coincides with the creation of Eve in Genesis 2. According to that channel, marriage takes place when “a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they develop one flesh” (Genesis ).
In passages that contain guide regarding marriage, such as 1 Corinthians –16 and Ephesians –33, the Bible clearly identifies marriage as being between a guy and a woman. Biblically speaking, marriage is the union of a bloke and a woman in a lifetime commitment. First purposes of marriage are to illustrate the partnership between Christ and the church (see Ephesians –33) and to build a family and provide a stable, secure environment for that family to develop. As families prosper, so does society at huge, and stable families contribute to stable soci
What does the Bible tutor about same-sex practice?
The Bible defines marriage in Genesis as a union between one man and one woman. Jesus Christ upholds this definition of marriage in Matthew , as does the Apostle Paul in Ephesians Any and all sexual activity which takes place outside of this context is treated as sinful, what Jesus calls ‘sexual immorality’ in Mark
Further to this, same-sex practice is specifically highlighted as sinful a number of times in Scripture. In God’s Law, for example, condemnations of same-sex practice are given in Leviticus and Further references are made in the New Testament. For example, in Romans , amid echoes to the Genesis creation account, both male and female same-sex perform are treated as sinful. Further references to the sinfulness of same-sex practice can be seen in 1 Corinthians and 1 Timothy
The Scriptures are, therefore, consistent in their prohibition of same-sex sexual activity, across unlike periods of salvation history and within different cultural settings. Although the Scriptures are clear on sexual ethics, they also
Does God Support Same-Sex Marriage?
Does God Support Gay Marriage?
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Brother Bob Pellien: Can one believe in the Bible or be a true Christian and at the same time trust in, or promote on our social media accounts, same-sex marriage? Does God support same-sex marriage?
Hello, everyone, and welcome to this program! The basis of the teachings here, in the Church Of Christ, is and will always be the Bible or the Holy Scriptures.
Now, we want to clarify though that the Bible does not answer just any and all questions, but regarding proper worship, regarding [the] right relationship with God, and most importantly regarding salvation—those answers, most definitely, are here in the Holy Bible.
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Brother Bob Pellien
Minister of the Gospel
Brother Bob Pellien: I’m Bob Pellien and welcome to That’s in the Bible! On a recent episode of this program, we addressed the question, “How many genders does God recognize?” or “How many genders did God actually create?”, which the biblic