Some Christian evangelists have taken to the streets with bullhorns and picket signs to inform homosexual people that they are sinners who need to be saved. These evangelists don't realize that homosexuals don't need to be saved because they are homosexual, they need to be saved because they, like us, have been separated from God and need a savior; everything else is just a symptom.
Chad Thompson is one of the most amazing writers out there. He challenges the church on something that is very hard for the church to deal with. He goes even further in this article about how our politics can and does get in the way of reaching others for Christ.
Posted by Tim at June 9, 2005 07:01 AMso true!!!
Posted by: David at June 9, 2005 09:50 AMGood stuff! I recommend reading the Donald Miller book he referred to, 'Blue Like Jazz,' as well as 'Searching For God Knows What.' Miller takes some of the same ideas but expands them to all people. Plus he's highly irreverant and quite funny.
Posted by: Chris at June 9, 2005 01:46 PMI think its important to acknowledge that many Christian denominations don't feel that being gay is inherently immoral - something that Chad Thompson does indeed believe. Chad is a wonderful guy, but he is the poster boy for an Ex-Gay movement that is largely funded by very powerful evangelical men and women who have always been intent on undermining the gay community. Let's not forget this fact just because they put on a more compassionate face.
Posted by: Jason at February 20, 2006 02:43 PM
