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b'In this episode, we talk about\\u2026\\n\\nhow perseverance\\xa0and hope can take on special meaning for queer and trans people\\nthe anniversary of the shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida\\nthe resilience of the LGBTQ community \\u2014 we\\u2019ve been persecuted for so long but\\xa0we are still here\\nthe tension between suffering producing character and also suffering\\xa0not being something God wants for us\\nhow it\\u2019s not your duty to suffer\\nhow God\\xa0& Christ love you even in your imperfections\\n\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\nRomans 5:1-8\\nTherefore, 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\\u2019s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.\\nYou 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.\\nThe post LGBTQ Suffering & Pulse Shooting, one year later \\u2013 Romans 5:1-8 appeared first on Queer Theology.'