Hi, everybody😊. Here’s the first post on my blog on Christianity and homosexuality. I’m entering unfamiliar territory!
For me, the new and unfamiliar territory is running this blog and website.
But for a good many of my visitors, certainly the Spanish-speaking ones, the unfamiliar territory will be the website’s subject matter: Christianity and… homosexuality. Unfortunately, it seems that most evangelical churches in the Hispanic world and their members shy away from the issue of homosexuality. If not quite a taboo subject, it’s certainly one that they are uncomfortable with and try to avoid.
That became very clear to me when I decided to write and publish a book (in Spanish) on homosexuality, specifically on the possibility of rethinking the Church’s position on the issue. Fortunately I’m not a pastor, or a missionary, or anything like that, because maybe I would have lost my job!
My other good fortune, one that was a great help in writing this book, was my British background, which made it easy for me to read up on the subject in English. In this language there is a huge range of Christian literature dealing with the question of homosexuality. And the discussion in church circles has advanced significantly.
There is even a steady trickle of prominent writers, pastors y and church leaders that have dared to question and even reject the Church’s traditional stance on the issue. They have adopted a “revisionist”, “affirming” or “pro-gay” position, open to the possibility of “gay marriage”, the idea that a same-sex couple can get married and form a healthy family unit blessed by God.
I will be explaining more in my following posts.
📌 If you would like to comment on this post (in the language of your choice), you can do so at the end of the Spanish version, here.