Is God Affirming? (God.LGBTQ.You. 3 - Pastor Mike

What does the Bible actually say about gender, sexuality, and same-sex marriage? In week three of our five-week series "God. LGBTQ. You.", Pastor Mike opens Scripture from Genesis to Romans to answer one of the most personal and consequential questions of our day: Is God affirming?
This isn't a theological position to debate or a lifestyle to label — it's about people. Your friend. Your son. Your sister. The person sitting next to you in the pew. Maybe you. With roughly 1 in 4 Americans under 30 identifying as LGBTQ, this conversation matters in every home, every relationship, and every church.
In this message, Pastor Mike walks carefully through every key biblical passage on the subject — including the original Hebrew and Greek — and addresses the hard questions head-on:
* Genesis 1 & 2 — God's original design for gender and marriage
* Genesis 19 — The story of Sodom and what it does (and doesn't) say
* Leviticus 18:22 — How to read Old Testament law as a New Testament believer (yes, including the bacon)
* 1 Corinthians 6 & 1 Timothy 1 — What the apostle Paul wrote, and what the Greek word "arsenokoitai" actually means
* Romans 1 — A faithful reading of Paul's most direct passage
He also wades into the questions you may already be asking. Why would Jesus say this? What about Christian hypocrisy that picks and chooses convenient sins? Why doesn't God change my desires when I ask Him to? And the question that holds it all together — can we be saved?
Whether this message is brand new to you, brings comfort, or challenges what you've always believed, lean in. Take notes. Keep listening. There are two more weeks in this series, and every part of the plot matters.
If this is your first time joining us, please go back and watch Parts 1 and 2 first. The whole series fits together as one cohesive biblical and pastoral conversation.