Christian Controversy: Homosexuality Vs. Christianity

Homosexuality is growing more prevalent and accepted in this day and age, Christians are now facing a tough battle with the controversy of how to handle homosexuality in the Church. Consequently the topic has become something of a “hot-button issue” for Christianity, mostly because of the negativity and repudiation that Christians tend to hold against homosexuals. When Christians hold the lifestyle choices made against homosexuals it in turn gives homosexuals the mentality that Christians are “judgmental, bigoted, sheltered, right wingers, hypocritical, insincere, and uncaring.”1 The controversy between these two sides (homosexuality vs. Christianity) is exhibiting people the characteristics and substrata of what both sides are predicating their opinions off of, and a plethora of Christian’s are …show more content…
By the same token we should also not try to debate those with differing ideas then ourselves or even bother to enforce Christian ethics through legislation. Rather we need to be filled with compassion as Schmidt points out, “the Gospel is ultimately not about changing laws but about changing lives.”

Is God Anti-Gay? By Sam Allberry: Sam Allberry 's book Is God Anti-Gay? Is generally just a fresh breath of air. The source is such a great help in the wake of the cultural movement of homosexuality. Allberry is a pastor in Great Britain who battles same-sex attraction. His personal experience, exegetical and theological reflection, as well as years of pastoral ministry make this work sensitive, theologically interesting as well as sound, and finally practical. Allberry through his writing and his lifestyle choices made shine a new light in the darkness of today 's