{"id":71324,"date":"2024-02-05T23:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T05:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=71324"},"modified":"2024-02-05T23:42:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T05:42:09","slug":"the-gospel-for-a-gay-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=71324","title":{"rendered":"The Gospel for a Gay Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Josh had always known he was different. From his earliest memories, he looked at some boys as more than just peers. His parents knew he was \u201cspecial,\u201d but they loved him for it. He learned to wear a mask and play the part of a \u201cnormal\u201d kid until he graduated from high school.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:225}\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In college, Josh decided it was time to be who he really was. He made friends with other gay people and set out on sexual explorations. Josh found a refuge in his gay community and developed bonds that ran much deeper than sexual flings. Though his parents distanced themselves and old friends turned a cold shoulder, Josh felt that he was finally free in his new identity as a gay man.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:225}\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Josh is no caricature. His experiences and story are true, and they are common.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:225}\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">What if Josh were your neighbor or your co-worker or your son? How would you give the gospel to him? How would you tell him about the forgiveness of sins, the community of believers, and true identity in Jesus?<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:225}\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In one sense, there is no difference in the way we\u2019d share the good<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Christian is a living miracle. If Jesus can save you, he can save anyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[793],"tags":[321],"class_list":["post-71324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9marks","tag-evangelism-gospel","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71324"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71326,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71324\/revisions\/71326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}