Christianity Today

Right now the Christian faith is doing extremely poorly. There is a good reason for this. Christians have become people that nonbelievers identify by the things they are against; like abortion or gay marriage. Nonbelievers constantly comment that most of what they know about Christians is that they hate lots of things.

For a reason that escapes me, Christians in general either don't pay any attention to this, or they don't care--because they certainly are not changing their tune.

My question is, why are Christians so focused on trying to make nonbelievers act as if they are believers? Why are they not more focused on doing what Christ told them to do: preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God to all the nations, taking care of widows, orphans, fatherless, healing the sick, working miracles etc?

Christ said that they would know us by our love (John 13:35). Instead they know us by what we hate. There is a serious problem here.

But fortunately we have a prototype of this kind of behavior. The Pharisees in the Bible behaved in the exact same way that many modern Christians today behave. They were haters too. Interestingly enough, those were also the only people to whom Christ had anything negative to say.

My position on Gays and Abortions?

Abortions
Abortion is a very difficult thing to go through. Honestly, I feel like someone who goes through the process is in a fantastic position to receive the love of God and the revelation of God. A person going through an abortion, whether it be for a medical danger (endometriosis, etc.) or an unplanned pregnancy, will be in a position of needing great healing. That level of healing can only come from God.

The one thing that I learned about God after receiving salvation was that He was totally different from the majority Christians I had met in my life. All I knew of Him was an unconditional love; a supernatural love that enveloped me in total acceptance and encouragement. I never experienced that before. There was no condemnation; even though I did a lot of awful things in my life. The God that sent Christ is a God that has no reservations about pouring out his love on anyone...so long as they make a decision to want to know Him. He will reveal Himself to the person that is serious about wanting to know and follow Him.

Gays
Some people are born gay. Others are abused as children and as a result end up with homosexual tendencies. First of all, a Christian who was born gay put it very well when he said what God revealed to him about his struggle, "To God, the opposite of being gay is not being straight; it is being holy." Having homosexual tendencies is no different than a heterosexual man lusting after multiple women. Homosexuality is not some especially significant sin. Sin is sin. When somebody gets filled with the Holy Spirit, they are given supernatural power to overcome whatever sins they have. A gay person will not become straight. But if he reaches out to God and is willing to sacrifice his desires for God's, he will be given a supernatural power to be holy. Temptations will always come up here and there, but power will always be given to overcome those temptations. Ultimately, what God is looking for is holiness--from heterosexuals and homosexuals alike. God loves gays, lesbians, transsexuals, etc. no less than heterosexuals. Like the Bible says, "God is no respecter of persons" --he does not regard anyone higher or lower based on their status, race, blood, condition. But those who have a heart to love; He loves those people exceedingly.

It seems like gays have become the modern day lepers of the Christian church. Jesus was eager to bring freedom and healing to the groups that the Pharisees disregarded and hated, and God is just as eager to bring his all-consuming love to the ones Christians have turned their noses up to.

As he passed by he saw a man blind from birth.

His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him.

John 9:1-3