Updates On My Life

I just reread my introduction on this blog, and thought it amazing how much has changed since then. So I thought I would post an update.

All the changes relate to my upcoming divorce. I spoke highly of my wife in my introduction. While I still have the highest respect for her and wish her the best happiness in life, I don't think her and I were as good a match as I once believed. She had a lot insecurities due to her first marriage, and my bisexuality seemed to only magnify those insecurities. My close friendship with a gay man (it was platonic) really revealed just how insecure she was. She decided that she couldn't handle me being bisexual anymore.

I moved a state over after our separation. I wanted a fresh start, and also wanted to be closer to my family (they have really been an invaluable morale support to me through this time). My area doesn't have any gay-friendly Pentecostal churches, so I have returned to the Episcopal Church. I still hold many Charismatic views though, and still speak in tongues in my private prayer life.

My theology has become a little more progressive. While I still strongly hold to a literal interpretation of everything espoused in the Nicene Creed (which I believe to be the  fundamentals of Christianity), I believe not everything in the Bible need be taken literally. It is the inspired Word of God, so everything does need to be taken seriously. But not necessarily literally. I am also a Christian  Universalist now. I do believe in hell, and I believe the only way to the Father is through Jesus Christ. But I don't believe death is the last chance. The Apostle Paul said that not even hades can separate us from the Love of God. Those who die outside God's grace will be sent to hell after Judgment Day. But their stay there will be based upon their sins. Someone who's worst sin was lying will not be in hell as long as Hitler. Eventually though, everyone will be saved from hell. It would be unjust for someone to receive infinite punishment for a finite amount of sins. These non-Christians, however, will only be citizens of Christ's kingdom. Those who die within God's grace will be inheritors of the kingdom. They will be the princes and princesses who will reign with Christ in his Kingdom to come.

I guess that is all for my update
God bless you all, and may you grow in  love and mercy. Amen.