Celebrating 10 Years of The Reformation Project

[@orkhanb.7447]

I grew up in a homophobic environment and for 17 years I was trying to pray the gay away; it was making me so miserable to see that nothing was changing and I was still gay. Matthew, thank you for starting the TRP and helping me to love myself the way God created me ❤️

[@CTL23]

In 2015, at the recommendation of a Christian mom of a daughter who is gay, I watched your video and read your book. God clearly worked through you to change my faith trajectory and become fully affirming. I am incredibly thankful for The Reformation Project. Congratulations on 10 years of powerful life-changing ministry!

[@heartofdawn2341]

I was 44 before I could begin to reconcile my queerness with my faith. This is a good thing and is very sorely needed.

[@davidmachemer1015]

Love this ministry and your book which was a part of my own evolution of understanding scripture in a new, more inclusive way (which is also more aligned with the gospel). I would challenge you to deepen your long term goals with an aim to "work yourself out of a job"! In other words, I pray for the day when this topic will no longer be controversial!

[@affiliate56]

That was an awesome video. Thank you.👍

[@joncarllewis]

Congratulations, folks. You changed the landscape around this dialogue in a way that all the queer theologians before you and working contemporaneously with you (and there are thousands) could not.

[@Faithtalk4bros]

I'll be covering these topics on Same Attraction and Homosexuality and how Christians live with them

[@cruzaderawaken9600]

Still waiting for you to debate Dr. James White on the issue like you said you would so many years ago.

[@ddrse]

You can be LGBT and Christian 👨‍❤️‍👨

[@xyztogrutamamenchi7894]

I appreciate that you seem to care about Jesus and the Bible while also agreeing that people, who are attracted to the same sex, should be able to talk freely about it with their pastors/priests or any priest/pastor, and receive a loving and caring reaction. I do however disagree with the idea of practicing same sex intercourse being morally permissable in any shape or form. This is because I firmly believe that the marriage as God intended it to be is between one man (a biological male) and one woman (a biological female) for life as Jesus teaches in Mark 10 Verse 3-9, and any sexual activity outside of it, be it hetero or homo or solo, is wrong and sinful. I therefore would consider it loving to help them in their struggles with temptation or to lovingly but firmly warn and rebuke them because their eternal destiny is on the line if they don't turn away from their temptations and sins and turn to Christ to seek forgiveness and healing. If that sounds unloving to you then I have to ask: What would you do if someone you cared about was doing something that isn't just wrong but also endangers their live? Would you warn them and if necessary actively hinder them or would you just not care or would you even encourage them on their way to inevitable doom? Loving someone entails wanting what is best for them. I know the battle against sin is hard but I also know that repeated sincere prayer can at least ease the burden. I struggle with lust, p**n, and self-gratification and God helped me through repeated prayers of remorse and repentance and asking for forgiveness. I have fallen again since then but I keep praying.

[@rdwakefield]

Unless the Lord God convicts you of your vile wickedness and calls you to the Light of the world, you will remain dead in your trespasses and sin, for a true Christian cannot continue living in the sin of sodomy...

[@MusicalRaichu]

The idea that so-do-my (non-reproductive secs) is a mortal sin was invented by faulty human reasoning: secs is for making babies therefore it should ONLY be for making babies.