LGBTQ Conversations

We launch the VOX podcast by discussing the church’s response to the Supreme Court ruling regarding same-sex marriage and the challenge of Jesus to his followers to move beyond the polarities and politics of the “issue” and back to loving and serving people. Much of the church’s approach to the “cultural wars” is not of Jesus; a better way forward must be found.

- Mike Erre

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1 - Why Gay Marriage Is Good For The Church

In this episode "Dinners With Sinners", we talk about whether or not Jesus would attend a gay wedding; why having a child with Down Syndrome is awesome; we answer questions about last weeks podcast, and we consider deeply Jesus' behavior of grace before truth.

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- Mike Erre

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2 - Dinners With Sinners

In this week's episode, we talk about how love debunks the cultural catch phrase "Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin.", Mike yells in his office, and Mike answers a great question about Feminism in the church.

As referenced, check out Scot McKnight's Fellowship of Differents

- Mike Erre

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4 - Please Stop Loving The Sinner And Hating The Sin

In this week's episode we consider; Would Mike allow folks who are homosexual on a church staff or as church members?  Was Jesus Pro-Gay and what would he say? The Anaheim Ducks are winning and Andy can't help himself, and Mike writes a public statement on Gay marriage. As always, please leave your thoughts and questions in the comments below!

Read "A Statement About Gay Marriage" below:

Since we’ve started VOX The Mike Erre Podcast we’ve fielded many questions and comments in regards to the Church’s stance on Gay marriage and the LGBTQ conversation.  In the midst of this and  over the years I have begun to process a lot of these thoughts and I thought it would be appropriate to provide some more information about my stance on this topic.

I have recently been seeing an increasing number of  ‘public statements’ on this issue from communities of faith, and most of them are resoundingly negative. I wanted to try a different approach. Let me know what you think.

– Mike Erre

A Statement About Gay Marriage

Section (1)

We see Jesus of Nazareth as the supreme revealer of what God is like (Col. 1; 2; Heb. 1- seen me you have seen the father.)

Through his miracles, Jesus demonstrates compassion for the poor, the outcast and the marginalized.

Through his table fellowship, Jesus demonstrates the power of grace and acceptance of those deemed sinful and unfit by the religious authority.

Through his teaching, Jesus reveals the inner workings of the Kingdom of God: it is both now and not yet; it starts small, but is ever growing; it looks weak but is unconquerable; it brings both grace and truth to the human situation, and summons all to repentance.

Through his anger, Jesus demonstrates his disdain for heartless, graceless and self-righteous religion – religion that shows neither mercy nor compassion for those who are on the outside of community of faith.

Through his suffering, Jesus demonstrates the unbreakable power of self-sacrificial love and non-violence. He both commands and models what it means to love one’s enemies.

Through his death, Jesus takes upon himself all that is bent and wretched, opening up the possibility of redemption and forgiveness to anyone.

Through his resurrection, Jesus launches God’s future new creation in this present world; so much so that all who come to Christ in faith are called “new creation.”

Section (2)

On this basis we joyfully affirm the following:

We will prayerfully respect the prevailing law of the land and ensure our LGBTQ friends, family and neighbors have equal rights under the law.

We will prayerfully and sacrificially love our neighbors, regardless of their sexual orientation, preferences or views.

We will prayerfully and sacrificially love our enemies, regardless of their sexual orientation, preferences or views.

We will be good news people – seeking to proclaim and demonstrate the good news of Jesus by being people who are loving, kind, and compassionate.

We will continue to wrestle with the scriptures and their enduring influence and authority in our lives; acknowledging the great diversity of opinion regarding many matters of theology.

We will support the rights of communities of faith to follow their own judgments regarding matters of sexuality and marriage.

We will continue to be good neighbors, respectful citizens, and promoters of human flourishing.

We will continue to invite anyone and everyone to study the teachings of Jesus and surrender their life to him.

- Mike Erre

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5 - Was Jesus Pro Gay? And The Difficulty With LGBTQ Questions

In this episode we take a moment to respond to an email advocating for the defense of the affirming LGBTQ view.  We read an email from a Christian, 20 year old, homosexual male who presented some great thoughts and insights to one of our earlier podcasts, "Was Jesus Pro-Gay? And the Difficulty with LGBTQ Questions" (https://soundcloud.com/user-188492964/5-was-jesus-pro-gay-and-the-difficulty-with-lgbtq-questions) In addition to his thoughts, his story captivated us and we felt honored to take the time to comment and push the conversation forward by sharing his experience on the podcast.

- Mike Erre

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41 - Revisiting the LGBTQ Conversationl

Matt and Toby wrote an album about this and Joey, who may be going a bit overboard, thinks it’s lyrically revolutionary and has great implications for the church. Also, after performing at AudioFeed festival, Matt, Toby and Joey discuss the unfairness of strangers introducing themselves, only afterwards depending on them completely to carry the conversation from there. Lastly can humor be found in any situation? Toby tells a tragic story in the Damn News that may be hard not to laugh at.

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#293 Can You Love and “Quit Church” at the Same Time?

This week we respond to the recently developed website and database, http://www.churchclarity.org.  Since it's launch, many folks have expressed concern and support for the efforts put forth here.  In this episode we share 4 points of view that express concern for it's efforts. If you would like to hear one of the founders, George Mekhail, share his story about starting this, I can suggest you listen to his interview on the Bad Christian Podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/bcpod/328-church-clarity-with-george#t=26:21

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121 - Church Clarity

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In October of 2015, Mike Erre launched the VOX Podcast upon a season of struggling with the church's efforts to represent who Jesus is, what he's done, and what he is doing on this earth today.  Committed to Talk About Anything, Mike quickly engaged into many of culture's most challenging conversations around the LGBTQ community, American politics, church politics, and Christian culture's catastrophe of marginalizing the very people that Jesus himself would associate with.

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121 - Church Clarity

VOX Podcast with Mike Erre

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