{"id":2387,"date":"2024-02-27T16:04:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T21:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/?page_id=2387"},"modified":"2024-02-27T17:10:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T22:10:16","slug":"queerness_by_rev_mike_wernick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/index.php\/queerness_by_rev_mike_wernick\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Queerness&#8221; &#8211; by the Rev. Mike Wernick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>A Christian Apology on Homosexuality<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In a traditional Christian context, an &#8220;apology&#8221; isn&#8217;t saying &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry&#8221; for something. In its most basic sense, Christian apologetics refers to a systematic discourse. Even further, it means that an alternative view of a topic is offered in an organized fashion, and as an intellectual defense of a particular theological truth (without being argumentative). It is with this in mind, that the following &#8220;apology&#8221; is offered in response to the homophobia which remains prevalent in many countries and cultures.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/queerness-cropped.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Queerness by the Rev. Mike Wernick January 2024..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-728a2fba-638b-480b-b38b-3dda1bd38af7\" href=\"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/queerness-cropped.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Queerness by the Rev. Mike Wernick January 2024<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/queerness-cropped.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-728a2fba-638b-480b-b38b-3dda1bd38af7\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Christian Apology on Homosexuality In a traditional Christian context, an &#8220;apology&#8221; isn&#8217;t saying &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry&#8221; for something. In its most basic sense, Christian apologetics refers to a systematic discourse. Even further, it means that an alternative view of a topic is offered in an organized fashion, and as an intellectual defense of a particular theological truth (without being argumentative). It is with this in mind, that the following &#8220;apology&#8221; is offered in response to the homophobia which remains prevalent in many countries and cultures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2387","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392,"href":"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2387\/revisions\/2392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twochurches.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}