Belief

One of the good things about being back on Facebook is seeing my friends' posts and having access to resources.  This morning, my friend Peter reviewed God and the Gay Christian on Goodreads.  Now, I'd heard of this book before, but seeing that this particular friend had read it caused me to check out a free sample on Kindle--and then promptly download the entire book.  Already, it has been exactly what I've been wanting to get my hands on.

The book mentions this, but I had already been thinking about this for a while: sexuality and circumcision have both been understood by followers of God to be absolute things.  In the Old Testament, circumcision is a matter of life and death, in several instances.  The one I cite most often is that Moses' sons were almost killed by the angel of the Lord for not being circumcised.  Similarly, homosexuality is interpreted by many Christians to be a matter of life and death.

But in Galatians, God turns God's own law upside down.  This wreaks havoc in the church, and threatens the unity of the believers.  If we ever get into the mentality that God's ways are supposed to stabilize our structures, think again.

In 2013, Exodus International essentially recanted from their belief that we can and should change individuals' sexual orientations.  That was when I really started paying attention to my own beliefs in this area.  It's taken  few years, and it probably was not until the summer of 2016 that I really felt comfortable taking a stand for the open and affirming position.  It almost cost me a relationship, seemingly, but I just cannot continue conforming to a theology in Evangelical Christianity that I have now come to question.

If we ever get into the mentality that allowing God's spirit to change our minds is not a part of following Jesus, think again.

But long ago, I told Jesus I would follow Him wherever He took me, even if that meant losing community from His so-called "church."

I have decided…to follow Jesus….no turning back…no turning back...