(By Kenny Brandmuse) - When
my mom passed, I had a request from home that we needed to make donations to
her church - a Pentecostal church. In fact, I converted most of my family
members into the Pentecostal movement when I was a preacher boy. Serendipitously,
Aduke, my mom was one of my many converts. Unfortunately, since I became fully
aware of my sexuality, I knew I had no future in the church. I never wanted to
take the liberty to interpret the Bible my own way. As a former Bible school
graduate and student, I know there are no two interpretations to certain
doctrines in the scriptures.
Twist
it or turn it, the Bible is clearly against same sex relationships. The Bible
is also clear about the relationships between women and men in the body of Christ.
There’s an order and a pattern: the man first, and the woman comes after. In
fact, the pronoun ‘HE’ is attributed to the unseen God. In Billy Graham’s own
words, “Metaphors used to describe Him in the Bible include: King, Father,
Judge, Husband, Master, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Chris.” It’s
the way the world was when the Bible was written. We can kumbayah around it all
Sunday long, the Bible was never written for our private interpretations.
Ok,
I digressed.
