Theologian Says Bible Does Not Condemn Gays

Theologian Says Bible Does Not Condemn Gays Christianpost.com
Jack Rogers, professor of Theology Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary, is trying to get a positive word out in the Christian churches about the gay and lesbian community and thinks churches should be leading the charge for their equal rights.
“I’m trying to help people understand that the Bible rightly interpreted, which I would think is through the lens of Jesus’ redemptive life and ministry … does not condemn Christian people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered,” said Rogers, according to The Lawrence Journal-World.

He makes that argument in the book Jesus, the Bible and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church. The former Fuller Theological Seminary professor and former moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) launched his fall book tour last week and is currently making stops at churches and ministries to speak on the controversial topic.
Rogers says those who argue that the Bible condemns gays and lesbians are taking biblical literalism too far and feels there is excessively negative words in the religious community, according to the Journal-World.

This theologian is mixing apples and oranges. Jesus saves all who trust in Him. Jesus does not condemn those who repent of their own way and trust in Him for salvation. Yet, Jesus knows the consequences of sin and that is why He paid for it on the cross and why He tells people who sinned to go and sin no more.

Those who flaunt their sins are obviously trying to legitimize living in their sinfulness and that is contrary to New Testament teaching for the Christian. Many homosexuals are in open rebellion against God and by their actions they prove they choose to live in their sins rather than to be freed from them by Jesus. When they make their digesting public displays in their gay events they are displaying their rebellion against God’s commandments.

Jesus does not condemn sinners, they condemn themselves by never coming to Him so that He can make them into a new creation that will hate the sins of the flesh. This theologian seems to indicate they Jesus would support those living contrary to the Law. Nothing could be further from the truth. Jesus fulfilled the law for them but all who are now His have the Law written in their hearts. We simply do not see the love of the Law in evidence in the perversions embraced by homosexuals.

To say that the Church should be leading the charge for equal rights of perverted people is absurd. They already have equal rights, what they want is perverted rights. If we supported that, we would be endorsing sinful choices that lead to the death of the body, the soul and civil society. Where did the rise of all the filth that we see come from if not from people choosing to live in sinful lifestyles? If you do not believe homosexuality leads to death of the body, look at the lifespan differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals. Statistic don’t lie.

Most of the Christian right understands the difference between sin and those who embrace sin and promote it. We do not need a liberal to explain demented, delusional and dumb explainations of the truths of scripture.

Christians do not condemn homosexuals. We show them the way of escape from it and we try to protect others from being corrupted by the deceitfulness of sinful lifestyles which degrade mankind and corrupts the world. We are the light of the world but if the light does not shine in the dark places what good is it?