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Gender Identity, The Homosexual Agenda and The Christian Response

"Talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. He said to them:"You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with a Gentile or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean." Acts 10:27-28In Matthew 22:37-40, Jesus declares: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."Is homosexuality a "bigger sin" than pride or greed? (Go to Bible Gateway & do a verse search on the word pride and you will be humbled as I was.) Do we treat people who are obviously prideful or greedy in the same way that we treat homosexuals? Is homosexuality on the list of 7 things that are detestable to the Lord (Proverbs 6:16-19)? Are we all not abominations to God, yet, against all reason, God loves us anyway?I'm not saying that homosexuality is normal. But grace isn't normal either. Grace requires a degree of sacrifice on the part of the "grace dispenser". Fortunately, our personal sacrifice is significantly less than death on a cross. While this essay was very well written and thought out, my concern is that the element of the church (AKA the body of Christ) dispensing grace was not discussed in detail. Are we Christians showing the love of Jesus to the gay community? Are we visiting AIDS patients, providing Christmas gifts for them and offering other practical means of assistance to the sick and dying? One might say, "do they deserve grace?." But then, does anyone DESERVE grace?"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8-9