Gospel artist Tye Tribbett believes that he can reach more people
through love than hate and that’s something he hopes Christian leaders remember
when it comes to bringing correction to their followers’ lives.
“I just think their approach is militant,
and I think a lot of times when your sin is not somebody else’s sin, it’s so
much easier to condemn,” Tye told Sister 2 Sister in reference to how pastors
deal with congregants who are struggling with same-s*x attraction. “It makes
you feel better about your dysfunctions when another person’s dysfunctions are
seemingly worse.”
Though he said a lot of churches aren’t as
condemning as they used to be, Tye spoke to S2S Publisher Jamie Foster Brown
about the controversial issue and whether it’s God’s best for His people.
Check out an excerpt below and get more in
the April 2014 issue of Sister 2 Sister.
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Jamie: I think we keep ourselves so
contained within this box, and especially religion does. Plus, with homos*xuality,
quite frankly, I just think it’s a natural thing for them, because I don’t
think anybody, especially in the past, would want to come here and be condemned.
Nobody wants that. People want to be naturally accepted. Do you understand what
I’m saying?
Tye: Yeah, I definitely understand. Well,
I want to respond to that: There are lots of things that are natural to us that
may not be God’s best for us. That’s my only thing. I’m not saying that homos*xuality
is not natural. I agree with you that it is. There are several things that come
naturally that’s not God’s best. Children 2 years old, “Did you eat that
cookie?” “No.” Lying came naturally to them.
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