Gay, celibate and full of love
Former gay activist David Bennett used to hate the church, Christians and the Bible because he believed God hated and condemned him for his sexual orientation. But after experiencing an unexpected outpouring of God’s love and being filled with the Holy Spirit, he turned to Christ and his bitterness changed to joy. Now, having committed to a life of celibacy, he says the only thing he has lost is the capacity to be lukewarm. “I’m really loving God as he really is, instead of how I want him to be.” – David Bennett “If I try to be lukewarm in my faith, I’m stuffed and it’s all too hard,” the fun-loving, ebullient Australian says as he enthusiastically tucks into a pile of Bill Grainger’s famous hotcakes in a London café. “But when I’m hot in the sense of my capacity in that relation it’s an amazing joy, it’s incredible.” As Bennett describes in his new book, A War of Loves , the out-and-proud gay atheist’s life was turned upside down when he found the intense love he had been searching...