In this episode, we talk about…how perseverance and hope can take on special meaning for queer and trans peoplethe anniversary of the shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Floridathe resilience of the LGBTQ community — we’ve been persecuted for so long but we are still herethe tension between suffering producing character and also suffering not being something God wants for ushow it’s not your duty to sufferhow God & Christ love you even in your imperfectionsRead the transcript (PDF)Romans Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we[c] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.The post LGBTQ Suffering & Pulse Shooting, one year later – Romans 5:1-8 appeared first on Queer Theology.