![]() ![]() (Text from the New International Version, 1984 edition. ![]() Through careful and academic exploration of what the Bible actually says and doesn’t say about. Kaltenbach is the author of the forthcoming book “Messy Grace,” which is about how he reconciles his conservative Christian convictions with his experience as the child of gay parents.Īfter the session, they were each asked to interpret some of the most cited verses relating to homosexuality in the Bible. Matthew Vines’ landmark book God and the Gay Christian has sparked heated debate, soul searching, and widespread cultural change on the issue of what it means to be a faithful gay Christian. Caleb Kaltenbach, lead pastor of Discovery Church in Simi Valley, Calif, to talk privately with a small group of evangelical leaders to discuss what the Bible says about gay relationships. At 24, Matthew Vines is organizing a tough, smart, highly trained force of young evangelicals who are prepared to go toe-to-toe with traditionalist Christians. He has engaged them in private conversations, in public talks and through the organization he founded, the Reformation Project. ![]() ![]() Matthew Vines, an openly gay, evangelical Christian and the author of “God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships,” has been actively encouraging conservative Christians to re-evaluate their beliefs about homosexuality. The debate over gay marriage is not just taking place in the nation’s courts – it is also a subject of intense discussion in the nation’s churches. ![]()
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