Affirming Class – Part 2

This past Sunday during class at The Vine Church, Thomas Nichols sharing his journey as a gay man searching for his role in the Kingdom of God. Thomas's journey begins as a young child, raised in the faith but also raised with strong heteronormative beliefs about scripture. From an early age, he struggled with how his own nature conflicted with what he was taught, and he searched the scriptures and his personal relationship with God, bringing him to a healthier understanding of how God embraces him. Drawing upon many different scriptures, including the "clobber passages" typically used to condemn same sex relationships, Thomas provides a powerful description of his own Bible-based, scriptural, and faithful journey to affirm his sexuality.This class was recorded in a large room without the aid of a microphone. While I've tried to enhance the audio to be heard better, some parts are a challenge to hear. We appreciate everyone's patience as we learn how to better record these class sessions.Thomas's slides can be found hereNotes from the class can be found hereThis class includes audio from the trailer for the film "1946: THE MISTRANSLATION THAT SHIFTED CULTURE - Original Music by: Mary Lambert"If you want to participate in the conversation, feel free to join us at The Vine every Sunday for worship at 10 AM and class at 11:15 AM. We hope to have future classes recorded and posted as podcast episodes.If you are interested in learning more about The Vine Church, please email Warren or subscribe to the weekly email newsletter. If you want to become a member or volunteer to serve at The Vine, you can do that on the website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.