Reddit reviews The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart

• The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart - Peter J Gomes
  
• Beginner's Grace: Bringing Prayer to Life - Kate Braestrup
  
• On Being a Christian - Hans Kung
  
• Great Christian Thinkers: Paul, Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Schleiermacher, Barth - Hans Kung
  
• Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith - Fr. Robert Barron

Most LGBTQ people face a lot of rejection in their life. People who should love them unconditionally often revoke that love as a condition of their identity or orientation. "I love you, BUT..." is a common touchstone of the conditional love many LGBTQ people get from religious family members. Do a little role reversal. How would you feel if your brother said to you:
"I love you, BUT I think Christianity is a sin."
"I love you, BUT your belief in Christ is sinful and you are not welcome in my house."
"I love you, BUT I think Christians are sinners and disgusting and will go to Hell."

Consider your language and the general proscription in Christianity to offer unconditional love. Could you change your language to better reflect your commitment to Christianity's call for unconditional love? For example, what if you placed the conditionality (the "but") on Christianity and the theological claims about homosexuality? What if you said, "Some Christians claim homosexuality is a sin. Others do not. I love you regardless of those claims." What are you communicating about your faith when you use these words?

Peace and love to you as you travel down this spiritual path.

PS -- There are lots of excellent book recommendations here. My two books would be: 1. Love the Sin, which talks about the limits of the application of Christian doctrine to legal structures. https://nyupress.org/9780814742648/love-the-sin

2. The Good Book by Peter J. Gomes, which offers a thoughtful, scripture-based critique of common Biblical critiques of same-gender sexuality. The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060088303/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9NjiDb6Y2AMFQ

I picked two books written by religious scholars who spend a lot of time getting into the legal and theological weeds of the textual and Biblical prohibitions around same-gender sexuality.