Is ray boltz gay
As news begins to circulate the Web, it becomes clear this is a sad day for Christian music and fans of Ray Boltz. In an article on Friday, September 12 () in the gay magazine, Washington Blade,Boltz announced he was gay (and had been for most of his life). There are echoes of this announcement from his website () where he writes &#;Still, I believed that if people knew who I really was, I would never be accepted.&#;
It is a mournful day indeed. As Christians, we struggle with sin all our lives. The &#;sin gene&#; is &#;hard-wired&#; into our DNA but yet we are called to deny ourself, take up our cross, and follow (Matthew ).
Several years ago, Carmen wrote a song which came to mind as soon as I began to read about Ray Boltz&#;s decision that he was gay: &#;America&#;s dead and dying hand is on the threshold of the Church, while the spirit of Sodom and Gomorrah vex us all. When it gets to the point when people would rather come out of the closet than clean it, it&#;s the sign the Judgement of God is gonna descent. &#; (Lyrics from &#;America Again&#;)
My heart breaks for Ray Boltz, his
REVISED: October 8, to reflect more accurate wording from “The Language of God” by Dr. Francis Collins.
EDITOR&#;S NOTE: This monthly column about the issue of homosexuality by various authors is a partnership between Baptist Press and the SBC Task Force on Ministry to Homosexuals.
SOUTHLAKE, Texas (BP)&#;&#;If this is the way God made me, then this is the way I&#;m going to live,&#; Christian singer Ray Boltz said in a recent article disclosing his decision to divorce his wife and live as a homosexual.
But did God really create Ray Boltz as a homosexual? The media certainly would have us think so.
Time recently ran an article (&#;What the Gay Brain Looks Like,&#; Jun. 17, ) attempting to show the &#;science&#; supporting a &#;gay gene.&#; Interestingly, the article referenced a study done by Simon LeVay in The study had major gaps in its methodology, and even LeVay, a homosexual neuroscientist, has said that it didn&#;t prove what he hoped it would.
An article such as this demonstrates the difficulty of speaking truth into our culture today. Studies atte
How should we respond to Ray Boltz?
This week, Ray Boltz, went public about being gay. Boltz, a CCM recording artist, is best known for his hit single, &#;Thank you&#;. Boltz, never went public until now stating on his website, if people “knew who I really was, I would never be accepted.&#;
How should the church and the CCM community respond to Boltz? Should this revelation build any difference for the church in being able to adore his body of Christian music?
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Was it really necessary for that pastor&#;s blog share to end with &#;How gloomy for him and his family&#;?
@Lars &#; It IS sad if he&#;s got a family and children, he&#;s divorced his wife.
I don&#;t care whether you&#;re gay or not, divorce is something God doesn&#;t approve of, it&#;s equivalent of leaving a widow and orphans is it not?
Forget being gay, does God really want Christians to divorce? No, no, no and no! God has told us men to treat our wives like he treats the church. God likens his people to a bride. He told a prophet to marry a prostitute to signify this fact!
Therefore, if you
Archives The headline in Christianity the other day was that Ray Boltz is gay!! Ray Boltz was a contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter who retired from the Song industry in In a statement on Ray's website he says "I believed that if people knew who I really was, I would never be accepted." Ray was married to his wife Carol for over 30 years when he 'came out' to her in December In the last several years Ray found a church that supported his lifestyle and in the last week he decided to come out of retirement and out of the closet. Ray announced he was giving some concerts at two Metropolitan Community Churches; the proceeds would go to benefit the new direction of his musical career (not sure what that means); and that he was homosexual.
"This is what it really comes down to," he says. "If this is the way God made me, then this is the way I'm going to inhabit . It's not like God made me this way and he'll send me to hell if I am who he created me to be … I really feel closer to God because I no longer detest myself."