Is God anti-gay? (Questions Christians Ask)

Human marriage is not just meant to reflect something of God’s nature. It is also meant to reflect the grace that, in Christ, God shows to his people:

Timothy Keller sums it up neatly: In short, the coming of Christ changed how we worship, but not how we live.

God is opposed to all sexual activity outside of heterosexual marriage.

But a close look at the story makes it clear that homosexuality was in fact involved. First, although the Hebrew word for “know” (yada) can just mean to “get to know” someone (rather than to “know” them sexually), it is clear both from the crowd’s aggression, and Lot’s dreadful attempt at offering them his

himself changing very quickly. He fell in love with a woman he

and that the church needs to be ready and equipped to walk alongside such brothers and sisters.

Romans 1 v 18-32

Key to helping people feel safe about sharing issues of SSA is having a culture of openness about the struggles and weaknesses we experience in general in the Christian life.

Knowing they are gay should not mean you stop liking them or being their friend.