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S9 Ep916: Gay Identity, Gentile Christians, and Revoice: Misty Irons

Theology in the Raw

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Gay Christian?

Some people still get hung on the phrase gay christian. Gay simply means an attraction that somebody might be mitting to the lordship of jesus and not acting on it. How is that similar to someone who is calling himself an adulterous christian? These categories do not overlap with each other. And again, if theyare committed to the traditional sexual ethic by definition, their gayness is not their ultimate identity. So even the term gay christian does not necessarily a front load or prioritize someone's gay over every other aspect of their life. It just is linguistically much easier to say than to always say a christian who is tempted by same sex attraction.

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