Reading: Luke 10:25-37 (NRSV) Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all […]
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Homosexuality is NOT a Sin: Part 4 – Paul’s Letters to Romans / Corinthians
No fems? No fairies? Did Paul really think that the “effeminate” would not “inherit the kingdom of God” in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10? And what did Paul mean about women “exchanging natural sexual relations with unnatural ones” in Romans 1:21-28? Was he referring to LGBT+ relations as we understand it today; or is there something more […]
Love Incomplete – A Poem
You say that you love me,But I am cut deepTo learn that you offerA love incomplete. A love that excisesWhat in me it finds isUnworthy of loving,A flaw detrimental:A part of me which isNo short of essential. Love rigid and narrow,It cleaves to the marrow;I throb at the tear whereMy self has been parted,A side […]
Want To Resist: Live a Life Full of Joy
Reading: John 15:11-13 (NRSV) I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. […]
Homosexuality is NOT a Sin: Part 3 – Brokeback Mountain and Polyamory in the Bible
Did you know that a “gay” and a “lesbian” couple is present in the bible? Or that a queer family is portrayed in the scriptures? Or how about when Jesus affirmed a “gay” couple? “Homosexuality is NOT a Sin” is our 5-part series that aims to have a progressive and critical approach to Scripture. Hosted […]