“Chinning was born out of my insecurity from middle school. I felt the pressures of society and my peers to look a certain way and felt that I wouldn't be able to live up to those standards."
It seems as though culture has a lot of opinions about homosexuality these days, but how much of it is informed by the Gospel? Here are 5 things we think Jesus would be known for saying if He walked among us today.
"To be gay was to be gross. To be gay was to be wicked. To be gay was to be scum. So I prayed. Oh. How. I. Prayed. But God didn’t answer those prayers. Why?"
"They are intelligent, vibrant and attractive people. They are not Christians, but they are aware of both my faith and my different views of homosexuality. But they also know I put my relationship with them over my beliefs."
“I look around again and everybody that was around me was dead and I am alive. And I just started thanking God: ‘Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord.' The moment I get out of here, I’m testifying about you. I am worshipping you for the rest of my life."
This week, the popular kids cartoon, My Little Pony, introduces its first lesbian couple in what critics are calling a “bandwagon” attempt to normalize a popular, secular belief.