Rewritten and Rebuilt

 Sodom and Gomorrah. Three words that cause more hate than almost any other in our language. What was it about these cities that so angered God that He decided to destroy them? He had already decimated humanity in a world-wide flood and then said He wouldn’t do that again; therefore these people must have done some pretty terrible things to push Him to this point. I realize that almost everyone has very set ideas about why God decided to get rid of them, and arguing about them won’t bring either side together. Instead I want to understand the heart of God about Sodom and Gomorrah.    Was He stirred in anger towards a sick town of filthy sinners, or was it something more? What is God’s heart towards sin? God’s heart is to destroy sin, but to restore the sinner. He desires reconciliation over wrath. God desires to reestablish people, not watch them die in sin. Sin is what separates us from God and He loathes that division! God knows what sin does; ultimately it destroys ...

   Homosexuality is such a scary thing to talk about in the Christian world. It’s divisive and evokes such strong emotions from people. Just dropping the “H” word is guaranteed to stop all conversation in a 10- foot radius and make every single person uncomfortable. But why? It’s a sin, sure, but no more than any other one, right? At least that’s what we tell ourselves until we are faced with a lesbian asking questions about Jesus or a gay man wanting to know why Christians keep shying away from him. What makes it so much more scary or difficult to understand as opposed to gossip or lying?    Homosexuality evokes sin on both sides of the lifestyle. A person choosing to live in that lifestyle is sinning by not following God’s word. “I was born this way,” or “God made me this way,” are very good lies people tell themselves to negate the fact that they are making a choice. I know because I lived this lifestyle for over 10 years; but I had struggled with my sexual ident...