I read the interview and was not surprised by what I found. It has all the trappings of the gay agenda. Starts out deeply rooted in christianity in a way that other readers could relate too. Just sounded like a normal guy. Went through his story about coming out in his own mind and all that. But when he started to take passages from Scripture that explicitly and rather bluntly, deny homosexuality, this is when the gay agenda fires up the engines. Suddenly the focus is stripped from Jesus and he’s giving off a bunch of “I’s” “I did this” or “I thought that” “I read this and reconciled that to have a consistent standard for my beliefs” etc etc Twisting the Scripture to tolerate, if not accept, homosexuality and its couples. The attempts to use Christ against christians. “Doesn’t Jesus love everyone? Wouldn’t he then support a relationship of two gay celibate christians?” How can one in all conscience call themselves christian when they happily cling to sinful choices that separate themselves from their Maker? But he is not to be blamed. When reading the first part of his interview where he states he was raised southern baptist, it made it easier to understand his line of reasoning. When you are raised outside of the knowledge of the Truth, and experience the Bible being interpreted individually where every ecclesiastic community teaches things differently, even amongst the same denominations, this confusion only made his understanding of the Bible, understandable as it were. Were he truly interested in giving himself to Christ he would not be condoning or suggesting gay “christians” live together if they are in “love”. They would be living celibate lives away from their near occasion of sin. That sounds like a lonely and incredibly difficult life and one I don’t know personally if I would have the courage to face, and I DO commend him for having enough faith in the Lord to at least promote celibacy amongst gays. But this one saving point is not enough for those who might flock to his service seeking understanding and a place to learn what God wants for them. Ultimately under his supervision or those who form a community at the gay christian network will ultimately be throwing countless souls into damnation. I pray that the Holy Spirit descend upon all of us, heterosexual or homosexual, and help us cleanse ourselves of all our sins. He did also point out a sad but very true fact. Too many of us, myself at times included, often tend to cringe when we hear someone say they are gay, and before realizing it ourselves tend to close our hearts to them. This is certainly not what Christ would want for His children. We should respond to one another in love and charity. Pointing out one anothers failings may sound like casting judgement but this is not the case, depending on how one presents the information. Simply saying what someone is doing is wrong and then freely offering the knowledge of the Lord to these individuals might be enough for someone to see the error of their ways. Don’t be afraid to be called insensitive for trying to save someone when they are blindly and sometimes arrogantly walking towards their own annihilation. At the same time it is doubly as important that we are able to receive other peoples opinions about ourselves. If someone sees a failing in you don’t be so eager to scoff at them and shut them out simply because you feel you know the Lord better than they, or that you are in a state of grace and they are not. Not one of us is without sin and no matter how right we make ourselves by Jesus each and every one of us will continue to slip. It is our duty and privilege as disciples of Christ to hold one another up to these standards and when we see one another fall, to point that out in a loving and charitable manner and support one another and anyone who needs our help.
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