Homosexuality
Homosexual Hermeneutics (Part 8): Dismissing Biblical Authority and Inerrancy
Interestingly, in spite of the nature of this debate (based on biblical evidence), homosexual theologians have taken the view that Scripture is ultimately not too critical in assuming the validity of homosexuality in the Christian Church. Stanton Jones, in debating the homosexual theological use of Scripture, writes, “There are only two ways one can neutralize [...]
Homosexual Hermeneutics (Part 7): What Does the Bible Say? 1 Corinthians 6:9 & 1 Timothy 1:10
Or do you know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (malakos), nor homosexuals (arsenokoitai)… And immoral men and homosexuals (arsenokoitai) and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching … [used in context of [...]
Homosexual Hermeneutics (Part 6): What Does the Bible Say? Romans 1:26-27
“For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their [...]
Homosexual Hermeneutics (Part 5): What Does the Bible Say? Leviticus 18:22; 20:13
“You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination…If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them.” This passage [...]
Homosexual Hermeneutics (Part 4): What Does the Bible Say? Genesis 12:4-11
Ultimately for the Christian, Scripture is the final arbiter on the issue of homosexuality and sin. The homosexual agenda has recently caused theological maelstroms that have affected virtually every mainline denomination. The question then becomes whether homosexual advocated interpretations of Scripture are within the bounds of Scriptural truth, or whether they stretch the truth to [...]
Homosexual Hermeneutics (Part 3): The Imago Dei (Image of God)
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ And God created man in [...]
Homosexual Hermeneutics (Part 2): What Is Sin?
Eerdman’s Bible Dictionary defines sin this way: “Sin” as a characteristic of human beings is manifested in the committing of “sins,” individual acts of rebellion against God and against expressions of his intentions for humanity…Sin is not to be identified simply with violation of the moral standards of society, though individual sins as violations of [...]
Homosexual Hermeneutics Have Deadly Implications (Part 1)
An Introduction Few who reside in the San Francisco Bay Area would describe homosexuality as a sin. Since the area represents one of the largest contingents of the gay population in North America, very few would question the legitimacy of homosexuality as an “alternative lifestyle.” In fact, homosexuals now claim legitimacy based on the equal [...]
Homosexual Hermeneutics: Is Homosexuality a Sin? (Preface)
When I first moved to the Bay Area to plant a church, I knew that one area I would be confronting would be homosexuality. It’s something that I faced in ministering to college students in the Amherst-Northampton area, where lesbianism was rampant. Back in 1999, the PCUSA and other mainline denominations were faced with the [...]
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