Product Description
Matthew Vines grew up with the same hopes as many young Christians; finding love, sharing his life with that person, and eventually building a family together. For Matthew, though, these hopes and dreams would be called into question when he realized that he was gay. His book, God & the Gay Christian, is the result of those years he devoted to trying to understand the truth.
Into adulthood, Vines continued to feel the tension between his same-sex orientation and the teachings of the Bible he understood to be against it. The Bible he had been taught strictly condemned gay relationships – or so he thought. These conflicting feelings led Vines to begin intensive research around what the Bible says about homosexuality. That research would later become this book.
In God & the Gay Christian, Vines leans on his research to explore the Bible's stance on homosexuality and answer some key questions, among them:
- Does the Bible restrict same-sex marriage from being a part of the marriage covenant?
- How do the teachings of Jesus apply to same-sex marriage?
- What was the meaning of Paul's warning against same-sex relations?
- Is celibacy a mandated calling as opposed to being chosen?
God & the Gay Christian has been immensely impactful on the question of what it means to be a gay Christian. The book stands alone with its affirmation of both orthodox ideas and sexual diversity, and has been the catalyst of intense conversations, introspection, and major cultural shifts.
