Hy my name is nkosenhle from south africa i want to know what does the bible mean by homosexual offender and why is this confusing a lots of people coz in my head i was thinking an homosexual offender is someone who offends gays, lesbian
Recently, I was asked to give an interview on a public listener sponsored radio station that largely has as its audience rather politically progressive people, most of whom can be expected to have an understandable disdain for anything “Christian.” Given the fact that most of
About a year ago, after my giving a talk on how the Bible doesn’t condemn, but actually affirms, same-sex love, a woman with a gay brother, raised in a Christian family, asked me to write out “talking points” on the subject of the consistency between
The church is not of one mind. I expect this issue to continue to be raised until society comes to terms with it. (Bishop Elias Galvan of Seattle, speaking on March 21, 2004 after Methodist minister Rev. Karen Dammann was acquitted in a church trial
Read the rest of the series THE NEW TESTAMENT In the New Testament there are three passages to consider. Romans 1:21, 26, 27 Revised Standard Version 21 for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him… 26
Dear Pastors, We are writing you this letter in hopes that you will understand our thoughts on same-sex marriages and gay rights. In no way are we going to haunt you because of your opinion. We pray that this note will open you eyes to
“You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts.” — Luke 15:16 “How do you know right from wrong?” the woman on the phone implored frantically. It was 1995 and I had answered the phone at the television station where I
1 Corinthians 6:9b is part of a vice list which contains two words that have often been taken as a condemnation of homosexual behavior and used to justify all manner of discrimination and mistreatment toward gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in our own time.
This is a comprehensive study that will give you, the reader, detailed, Scripture-based answers to the questions most commonly asked regarding what the Bible does and does not say about homosexuality. I grew up in a Fundamentalist church where they talked a lot about how
A friend recently wrote, “I recognize that there is one passage in 1 Corinthians that speaks specifically about ‘homosexuals.’ I’m still working through that one.” I responded, to his surprise, “I don’t believe this verse does speak specifically about homosexuals.” Even when English translations of