More wisdom on "judging" within the church (homosexsuality)

I was paging back through what has become one of my favorite blogs, and found this in a comment under an old post:

I was today reading a book called "Messy Spirituality" by an author who's no longer with us, Mike Yaconelli.

From pg. 48.

"In chapter 9 of John's gospel, we meet a man blind from birth, sitting in his familiar place, begging. The disciples bring up some theological questions about him. They are not concerned about the blind man, what they are concerned about is the theology of blindness. They are not filled with compassion, they are filled with questions - philosophical questions. The disciples attempt to have a theological discussion and Jesus cuts it short. He makes it quite clear that what matters is glorifying God, helping blind men and women see. The disciples are worried about theories and doctrines. Jesus is worried about the blind man."

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God has been opening a door through several Old and New testament scriptures of late, and with the above passage, brought me back to solid ground on where to stand in respect to discerning Gods message, in general, and specifically as it concerns the homosexual acceptance/marriage debate within many parts of the Body of Christ.

I will try to write it all down here in the next few posts. Good stuff.