Do you know what the world needs? To come face to face with the God who created them, see His agony over their sin, His death as a man on the cross to cover it, and the freedom from condemnation given to every new creature in Christ. That is Christianity. And that is why I share amazing stories like this:
“I considered myself an atheist, having rejected my Catholic childhood and what I perceived to be the superstitions and illogic of the historic Christian faith. I found Christians to be difficult, sour, fearful, and intellectually unengaged people. In addition, since the age of twenty-eight, I had lived in monogamous lesbian relationships and politically supported LGBT causes.
I coauthored Syracuse University’s first successful domestic partnership policy while working there as a professor of English and women’s studies. I was terrified to aliate on any level with a worldview that called me, my life, my community, my scholarly interest, and my relationship sin. Add to this that I was working on a book “exposing” the religious right from a lesbian feminist point of view. I approached the Bible with an agenda to tear it down because I firmly believed that it was threatening, dangerous, and irrational.
But when I came to Christ…” Read the rest
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Oh, the incredible power of the cross!
Shelia,
I mean, how amazingly powerful.
Thank you for sharing this. It gives me hope for our niece.
I have really enjoyed all of you newsletters and have recommended you and your blog to others. However I can not in anyway stand with this idea that loving another person if that person is of the same sex is a sin. Love is love, hate begets hate. You love with your whole heart and lead your life with love and compassion for all-that’s what it means to be Christian.
Korenna,
Then you and I serve a different Christ. To be a Christian means to obey God’s Word and call sin what God calls sin.
I have read this book multiple times. Hands down one of the best modern day books I have read lately.
I’ve read about this woman’s story before, and it is just so powerful. When I read testimonies like this, I am reminded that God calls people from the unlikeliest of circumstances and I feel convicted of my own fear to witness bravely when I am among people that I think would never be open to Christ.
Wow! Tonight we were at my parents’ house for dinner and my mom says,”I’m reading this great book! You need to read it!,” and it was this very book. The part she pointed out to me was the fact that they were a trans-racial family, which my family is, too, and get our share of looks by strangers.mbut she really liked the rest of the book, too. I need to pick it up!
We have had Rosaria speak twice at our church and I just LOVE her story, LOVE Gods Redemption in her life, and LOVE LOVE LOVE that she shows us how to love as Jesus loves!!
The book is so great!