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“It can be unhelpful to wax eloquent about the inerrancy of Scripture without an accompanying acknowledgment that, while Scripture may be inerrant, there are no inerrant interpreters of Scripture.”

Humility Inerrancy Scriptural Interpretation

Book:Generous Spaciousness: Responding to Gay Christians in the Church

Source: Generous Spaciousness: Responding to Gay Christians in the Church

“My ministry is focused less on trying to teach the scriptural formula for what faithful discipleship for gay people is, and more about living with my gay friends in the pursuit of faithful discipleship.”

Support Journeying

Book:Generous Spaciousness: Responding to Gay Christians in the Church

Source: Generous Spaciousness: Responding to Gay Christians in the Church

“I believe that hospitality is central to the heart and ministry of Jesus and that to the extent we fail to extend this hospitality to gay people, the church will fail to walk in the way of Jesus.”

Christianity Ministry Hospitality Gay People

Book:Generous Spaciousness: Responding to Gay Christians in the Church

Source: Generous Spaciousness: Responding to Gay Christians in the Church

“Part of living into postures that nurture a deep reliance on God's leading is that no good tool is tossed out of the toolbox. But if you've come from such a dominant paradigm that you always find yourself reaching for the same tool regardless of the situation, you may need to leave that tool alone as you learn to listen and follow and make use of the right tool in the right situation.”

Ministry Toolbox

Book:Generous Spaciousness: Responding to Gay Christians in the Church

Source: Generous Spaciousness: Responding to Gay Christians in the Church

“One tendency that I became aware of was the way the Christian community at large seemed to misuse testimonies. I encountered many Christians, often family members of gay loved ones, who heard one individual's story and projected that experience on all gay people in general and on their loved ones in particular.”

Projection Testimonies Overgeneralization

Book:Generous Spaciousness: Responding to Gay Christians in the Church

Source: Generous Spaciousness: Responding to Gay Christians in the Church