As an update of sorts from my previous post, I arise with new information and a question. Essentially, I have been invited to go to a gay bar. Alright, let's digest this a moment longer.

I have been invited to hang out at a gay bar.

If I were to respond with the phrase "Oh my God," I would not be making a profain statement but would be saying a prayer that features no other words to respond.

Alright, now that the statement has been stated, I give the question: go or not?

Should I go hang out with those who are far from Christ with the full intention of sharing Christ but feeling extremely uncomfortable, or do I decline. They know I hang out with them for the purpose of sharing Christ with them as I have explicitly stated this and yet they want me around. Do I follow through with hanging out with them so that I might be able to continue sharing Christ with them or do I retreat into a foxhole with the claim that it is for my own holiness.

As it is, I certainly agree I should not go somewhere that I might be tempted into sin but I do not have that issue here. I'd simply be uncomfortable and the "typical Christian response" that I get is that it's not safe. So? Also, how does their sexual preference cause me to be in harm's way?

If I truly wish for the world to know Christ then comfort and safety should not be my priority but rather, the salvation of those who do not know Christ.

What comfort zones will I leave in order to share Christ?

In stating all of this, please do not take me the wrong way. I am not seeking to sacrifice holiness for popularity purposes but am simply trying to exit this "religious bubble" for the sake of the Gospel. I am also not trying to think lowly upon anyone but this is simply outside of my general comfort zone. I'm used to hanging out with conservative ministry students, not those generally looked down upon by the American church.