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What Do I Say When a Friend Comes Out as Gay? Hope Bolinger Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer 2020 21 Feb COMMENTS 9 Whether a close friend, family member, or coworker reveals that they are somewhere on the LGBTQ+ spectrum, Christians often can be at a loss on how to react.  The Christian church itself is split on the issue as to whether living an  LGBTQ+ lifestyle is a sin . And those who do believe it’s a sin may have varying reactions if a brother or sister in Christ claims to be LGBTQ+ and may act or not act upon their attraction to someone of the same sex. Furthermore, how do we draw a distinction in how to react to a believer who comes out as LGBTQ+ and a nonbeliever? Or should we make a distinction at all? I can’t claim to have the answers for  your  specific case involving a friend confiding in you that they are LGBTQ+. But I can–from personal experience and from Scripture–share a way to react well to when someone “comes out,” showing them...

JOHN 21: Jesus has already died and risen. Afterward, Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So, they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” “No,” they answered. He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” (I would have said, “Hey, dude, we’ve been out all night. Don’t you think we’ve tried everything?” They didn’t know. But they did as He said.) When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.  Then the disciple (John) whom Jesus ...