Gay – Andrew McFarland Campbell

Identity, celibacy, and Christ

I would like a Christadelphian who believes that same-sex relationships are wrong to explain to me how their understanding of the Gospel could be seen as good news to me.

Andrew McFarland Campbell 3 weeks ago

Christianity Gay

Thank you Mermaid mums!

In the stalls in the community area after Pride yesterday, I met three supportive mothers from Mermaids, a charity that supports “trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children, young people and their families”. We talked for a bit, and they hugged me. They gave me these three badges. Thank you Mermaid mums. Your hugs meant a lot […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 3 years ago

Gay

Pride is for all

Yesterday, Michael and I travelled up to Belfast to see the Belfast Pride parade. Michael and I met on the Pride Committee, back in 2010, so the Belfast Pride parade is kind of our anniversary. To watch the parade, we stood on Donegall Street, just in front of St Anne’s Cathedral. As former committee members, […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 3 years agoJuly 31, 2023

Christadelphian Christianity Exhortations Gay

I don’t feel hate

The last time I gave an exhortation was in 2005, and when I was thinking about what to say today, I had to make a decision about whether or not to address the elephant in the room, or to ignore him. I think that life is too short to ignore elephants, so the elephant will […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 3 years agoMarch 12, 2023

Christadelphian Christianity Gay

Hey Jesus

There is a song, Hey Jesus, about being LGBT and Christian. Everyone who wants to have an opinion about being LGBT and Christian should watch it. Read the lyrics here.

Andrew McFarland Campbell 3 years agoMarch 12, 2023

Christadelphian Christianity Gay

Abominable man

I believe it was my countryman Oscar Wilde who said There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Well, I know people, particularly some Christadelphians, talk about me. Most of this blog is actually reasonably personal, and […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 3 years ago

Christadelphian Christianity Gay

Why I share my pronouns

I have recently started to share my pronouns. I let people know that the appropriate pronouns to use for me are “he”, “him”, and “his”. For example, in my email signature I have the line “Pronouns: he/him/his”. This is just the contemporary way of saying “I am male”. It is similar to the more traditional […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 4 years agoAugust 7, 2022

Christadelphian Christianity Gay

“To avoid fornication”: 1 Corinthians 7 and same-sex relationships

I recently read something that said 1 Corinthians 7:2 was proof that same-sex marriage was wrong. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 1 Corinthians 7:2, KJV Does this verse show that same-sex relationships are wrong? The answer is no, and I am […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 4 years agoJuly 14, 2022

Christadelphian Christianity Gay

Being Christadelphian and Gay

This article was originally published in Press On, a Christadelphian Journal. One of my earliest memories is being carried in my father’s arms to the front of the ecclesial hall, where I was presented with a book. It was my first Sunday School Prize Giving. I came from a Christadelphian family; although my father had […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 4 years agoJuly 24, 2022

Christianity Gay

Why did Lot’s wife look back?

Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:24-26, NIV Genesis 19 has the story of the destruction of Sodom, […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 4 years agoJuly 24, 2022