After the turmoil surrounding David’s accession had calmed down, he asked “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” (2 Samuel 9:1). David was able to trace Mephibosheth and summoned him to court. Read the rest of the article over at Faith and Pride Continue reading Faith and Pride: Mephibosheth had two dads
I just saw this on the BBC website. Same-sex pairs of monogamous birds are just as attached and faithful to each other as those paired with a member of the opposite sex. The post revealing which person in the Bible ad two dads will be next – I just thought that story was too interesting not to share. from Faith and Pride Continue reading Faith and Pride: against nature?
… And he turned out just fine. There is a phrase that has been doing the rounds in gay Christian circles for a while now: “Jesus had two dads, and he turned out just fine.” Is there any scriptural basis for this? … Andrew McFarland Read the rest of Andrew’s post over at Faith and Pride. Continue reading Faith and Pride: Jesus had two dads
It is important for ‘orthodox’ Christians to understand that many gay Christians believe that planting our feet on any foundation other than the Bible is a dangerous and perilous place to stand… Andrew replies to Stafford Carson. Continue reading Faith and Pride: the foundation of what we believe
Andrew McFarland points us to his post on Faith and Pride: “on being offensive”. Continue reading Faith and Pride: on being offensive
On Sunday 24 July, my husband Andrew delivered a talk in All Souls’ Church, Belfast as part of the inaugural Faith and Pride event during Belfast Pride Festival. The talk was entitled Jonathan Loved David, and the text is available for download here. Andrew was heard on BBC Radio Ulster as part of William Crawley‘s programme Sunday Sequence. You may still be able to hear him in that on BBC iPlayer about 20 minutes into the programme. It’s well worth a listen. It was rather clever of the Rev. Stafford Carson to comment on the talk before it was even … Continue reading Jonathan Loved David
Michael comments on a misleading post from a former Moderator of the PCI about tonight’s inaugural Faith and Pride event in All Souls’ Church, Belfast, at 7pm. Continue reading correcting Stafford Carson on ‘Gay Pride sermon’
Back in March I was pleased that the Faith Mission Shop in Queen Street, Belfast had removed Chick Tracts from sale given the homophobic views expressed in them. Yesterday I was disappointed with Faith Mission.
After my blog post in March I had gone in to see this for myself. Whilst there I asked if there were any books on living with HIV – as there were many on living with cancer. I was pointed to a small section marked ‘ethics’. At this point I saw three words next to each other on a shelf which was immediately below the shelf marked ‘Homosexuality‘. Continue reading “Christian bookshop lumps AIDS with Death and Suicide”
Just like straight people, gay people are a diverse bunch. On one hand there are the drug-fuelled, sexually promiscuous party-goers, and on the other hand there are the couples in decades-long stable, faithful relationships. Because of that diversity you can’t look at one part of the spectrum and judge the whole continuum based on one small sample. Similarly Christians are a diverse bunch. In Northern Ireland we have a number of big denominations… read the rest here. Continue reading blogged elsewhere: Diversity and Judgement
I grew up in a Christadelphian family, and in due course I was baptized and became a Christadelphian myself. I was about 17 at the time. A few years later, when I was in my early 20s, I realized I was gay. At the time I held “traditional” views about what the Bible said about same-sex relationships: I thought them to be totally wrong. Like a good Christadelphian I “searched the scriptures daily”, with the ill-formed idea that I might be able to convince other gay Christians that God wanted — required — them to be celibate. One day, and … Continue reading blogged elsewhere: My Own Journey
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