And like a lot of us he, “recommitted” a few times before middle school….just to be safe. Like a lot of us, he asked Jesus into his heart when he was very little-just three years old. Matthew speaks highly of his Christian upbringing, his loving parents, and the conservative Presbyterian church “filled with kindhearted, caring Christians” in which he was raised.
Together, we can reclaim our light.” A Tree and Its Fruit Christianity’s reputation in much of the Western world can begin to rebound. The tremendous pain endured by LGBT youth in many Christian homes can become a relic of the past. The fiercest objections to LGBT equality-those based on religious belief-can begin to fall away. “My prayer,” he writes, “is that opens up a conversation in the Christian community that is truly in the spirit of Jesus. It’s an ambitious goal, and it’s one that Matthew tackles by bringing his story and insights alongside the research of dozens of scholars whose work on the topic he studied meticulously for four years, dropping out of Harvard so that he could devote himself to learning what it meant for him to be gay and Christian. But Matthew’s aim with God and the Gay Christian is to show that “Christians who affirm the full authority of Scripture can also affirm committed, monogamous same-sex relationships.”
I remember being told by pastors and church leaders that “gay Christian” (or "bisexual Christian" or "transgender Christian") is an oxymoron and that no one who holds a high view of Scripture can support same-sex relationships. Now for some, this may seem like a conflict. “While some parts of the Bible address cultural norms that do not directly apply to modern societies, all of Scripture is ‘useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.’ (2 Timothy 3:16-16).” “That means I believe all of Scripture is inspired by God and authoritative for my life,” Matthew writes of the second.
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