From Deuteronomy to Desert Roads: Affirming Our Trans Siblings
From Deuteronomy to Desert Roads: Affirming Our Trans Siblings We are tackling a comprehensive topic in our Pride series, digging deeply into the Book of Galatians and looking at the whole of Scripture to understand exactly what the Bible says regarding the LGBTQ+ community. To be clear from the very beginning: Embrace! Church is an affirming and inclusive church. That is exactly why we chose the name Embrace! We wanted to convey from day one that this is a community where everybody is beyond accepted, more than welcomed… embraced! The Trap of Religious Gatekeeping In Galatians chapter 1, the Apostle Paul is writing to a church that had started beautifully but was quickly losing its way. He issues a stark warning: “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different gospel.” Paul was dealing with a group of people proclaiming a false gospel, pushed heavily by “Judaizers.” These were the religious insiders who were approaching new Gentile converts and telling them, “It’s great that you love Jesus, but if you really want to be a part of God’s family… then you have to conform to our ancient