“Kids are killing themselves because they have been convinced that they fundamentally don't have a place in this world. If you think that God prioritizes caring about what gender someone likes to kiss over that, then you've somehow gotten so off track that the religion you are practicing bears no res…”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“I don't have to have internal struggles with my morality, my sense of self, or my worthiness. I just am. In that way, being gay is both irrelevant and critically important in my life. And maybe that's how God sees it, too. I suspect that people's sexuality is irrelevant in terms of the theology but…”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“Having a sexual orientation should not exclude you from said religion. Being gay and being Christian should not be exclusive objects. They should not be black and white.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“I became happy when I came out. I became happier when—I admitted I was gay, when I finally accepted and found peace in myself. Eight years ago, when I prayed to God wishing to be happy, I was unknowingly praying for the courage to come out.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“My homosexuality does not merely coexist with my religion—it is dependent on it.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“'Many people claim Paul condemns women serving in church leadership...but what they are missing is what he did do. He urged the church and people to treat women with levels of respect never heard of before in the ancient world. Only few today would interpret that as a condemnation of women serving i…”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“Changing identities is hard. Trying to bend key characteristics of yourself away from preconceived notions and toward reality feels quite a bit like bending sheet metal. It poses quote a bit of opportunity for breakage—especially heart breakage. Change is hard. Change is scarring. Change can be pain…”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“If St. Paul saw what existed today, I'm quite confident he would not write the same words again. If he saw loving relationships between two men or two women who loved each other and wanted to experience life together, I think he would see that merely as another expression of God's love.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“This was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty, and did abominable things before me; therefore I removed them when I saw it. [Ezekiel 16:49] There's nothing in there about having lov…”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“The sins of Sodom and Gomorrah had little to do with loving, same-sex relationships and everything to do with inhospitality and greed. Their evil had little to do with their sexual orientation and everything to do with their hearts.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“Jesus did not speak a word against gay people in loving same-sex relationships because loving relationships were the very essence of his business.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“Jesus would ask: What is the Bible fundamentally teaching about compassion, about love, and about radical acceptance? Jesus would stand up for those who are being oppressed by what are clearly man's laws—not his laws—and he might even question why people are so keen to be literal with the passages r…”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“The modern-day suggestion in certain Christian circles that trying to interpret the Bible, or diverting from a plain-text reading is "watered down" or "lukewarm" Christianity is totally bogus. Only in modern times have we succumbed to the blind worship of plain text.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“For the first time in his life he understood why the Bible called sex 'knowing.' Everything was different. Now he knew Dante. He'd known Dante. And wonder of wonders, Dante had known him right back.”— Damon Suede, amazon.com
“In Islam and Christianity, women are commanded to wear the hijab. The difference is that the Bible tells Christian women to wear the hijab and remain silent in the church but the Qur'an tells Muslim women to wear the hijab and speak out against any injustice they see.”— Dr Sayed Ammar Nakshawani, underthecresentmoon.tumblr.com
“I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.”— Ephesians 1:18, amazon.com
“You are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.”— 1 Peter 2:9, amazon.com
“No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you…When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.”— John 14:18, 20, amazon.com
“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in His love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”— 1 John 15:9-12, bible.com
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance…”— Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, amazon.com