1. Call Me By My True Names
(Spirituality/Word for Word)

... is the same language used in Genesis to denote the union of a husband and wife. Ruth cleaves to, holds Naomi fiercely, and will not let her go! She vows to Naomi in the words that are read often at ...

2. MCC Impact January 2009
(About us/News)

... Globe winner Sigourney Weaver starring in Prayers for Bobby, an emotional true story about a 1970s religious suburban housewife and mother who struggles to accept that her young son Bobby is gay.  ...

3. MCC Reach December 2008
(About us/News)

... and loud lamentation;/Rachel weeping for her children..." (Matthew 2:18). Rachel was the wife of Jacob/Israel. She is pictured as weeping at the place where the Israelites were herded together by ...

4. Around The Fellowship Newsletter Vol. I
(About us/News)

... Resurrection MCC (Houston, Texas) held a prayer and laying on of hands service for her.   Bobby Smith, a founding member of MCC Tampa (Florida), passed away, leaving his wife of 60 years, Kay Thompson.  ...

5. Biblical Evidence
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)

... to a trader in New Orleans. So, fearing he would never see his wife and children again, Jim runs away. He plans to escape to freedom, make some money, and buy his wife and children out of slavery. Huck ...

6. Idol Worship and Rejection of God. (Romans 1:21-28)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)

... of life. For example, suppose a married couple is talking and the wife says to her husband: “Don’t touch me.” She has announced a “rule.” Now, suppose someone copies down this statement and hands ...

7. David loved Jonathan more than women. (II Samuel 1:26)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)

... with women. Have you ever heard a heterosexual man say he loved his male friend more than his wife? This goes well beyond deep friendship between two heterosexual men. In this story, we have a direct ...

8. Jesus said some are born gay. (Matthew 19:10-12)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)

... ‘Have you not read that the One who made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall ...

9. Ruth loved Naomi as Adam loved Eve. (Genesis 2:24, Ruth 1:14)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)

... in their father’s household or a wife in their husband’s household. A woman without a man had no social standing. There are several stories in the Old Testament about widows who almost starved to death, ...

10. Jesus affirmed a gay couple. (Matthew 8:5-13)
(Spirituality/Would Jesus Discriminate?)

... But we have to place this in the context of ancient cultural norms. In ancient times, commercial transactions were the predominant means of forming relationships. Under the law, the wife was viewed as ...

11. 15th Out In Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
(About us/News)

... gem. Robert Whitehead is charismatic Sheila, tele-evangelist with a difference – her brand of face cream sets you, as a Friend of Jesus, on the path to beauty in His image. Her wife, Shirley, pockets ...

12. Gay Cinema : Coming of Age
(About us/News)

... Woman turns the same issue on its head when a father, who has left his wife and children to become a woman, tries to fight the irresistible pull of her deserted family. While in Italy’s Saturn in Opposition ...

13. The Out In Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival November 2007
(About us/News)

... of the Greek Gods, Harry introduces friend and café-owner Bradley (Kinnear) who, only just cottoning on to his women-loving wife Kathryn (Blair), turns to real estate agent, Diana (Mitchell) who, in turn, ...

14. No Place Like Home
(Spirituality/Sermons)

... father of church friends of my brother, and he and his wife helped with church, and with scouting -- you name it. He came that day to tell us of a terrible time in their lives. As a young married couple, ...

15. Out in Africa 2007
(About us/News)

... out of control. Soon, his loving yet overbearing mother and ecstatic work colleagues (even his vindictive ex-wife) are convinced that Todd is gay and promptly smother him with acceptance. But he is absolutely ...

16. The Revelation to John
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))

... be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready." (8) It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, ...

17. Paul's Letter to Titus
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))

... set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you; (6) if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of ...

18. Paul's First Letter to Timothy
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))

... saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer , he desires a good work. (2) The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at ...

19. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))

... head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body. (24) But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything. ...

20. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians
(Bible/New Testament (World English Bible))

... that one has his father's wife. (2) You are puffed up, and didn't rather mourn, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you. (3) For I most certainly, as being absent in body ...