Homosexuality: The Testimony of Scripture?
Homosexuality: How Should Christians Respond?
Are Not All Sins Equally Heinous? A Response to Barnabas Piper
This article evaluates a critique from Barnabas Piper on how Christians confront the sin of homosexuality. It explains among other things that not all sins are equally evil.
Homosexuality, Leviticus, and Orlando
This article discusses how the biblical teaching on homosexuality, from Leviticus 20:13, needs to be read in its historical and covenantal context in order to see that it does not permit violence against homosexuals. The article shows how this intersects with what the Quran teaches on the subject. It also discusses how capital punishment in the church has developed into excommunication.
The Sexless Agenda Neo-pagans want to Blur the Distinctiveness of God’s Creation
Gay? No Way
Same-Sex Attraction in the Church
Homosexuality is not just a topic outside the church. Even in the church, there are those struggling with same-sex attraction. The question is, how does the church deal with those facing this struggle? This article offers five things the church can do.
Same-Sex Marriage and the Future
How should the church respond to the legalizing of same-sex marriage and homosexuality? The church must always proclaim the gospel and stand by its demands.
Tied in Knots
Same-sex marriage and homosexuality have brought challenges to the church in thinking about marriage. This article answers ten challenges raised by the issue of same-sex marriage.
Christian Sexual Ethics
What should be the Christian approach to sex before marriage, sex outside marriage, homosexuality, pornography, sexual abuse, and pedophilia? This article studies these issues and from 1 Corinthians 6:12-7:9 gives principles that must govern sexual stewardship, because sex is a gift from God.
Aren't We Just Picking Which Bits of the Old Testament Law Apply Today?
This article works through the charge against Christians that we pick and choose what Old Testament laws apply still today. Such a charge is often raised in the discussion over homosexuality. The author defends the view that the Old Testament is not a uniform landscape, but has a shape whose emphases and priorities are outlined and filled and fulfilled by Christ.
What Does the Bible Say about Homosexuality?
This article offers due consideration of several passages in Scripture that mention homosexuality: Genesis 19, Leviticus 18, Leviticus 20, Romans 1:18-32, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, and 1 Timothy 1:8-10. Along the way the author often draws out the implications of the texts for our understanding of the issue.
The Compassion of Truth: Homosexuality in Biblical Perspective
Why do some believe that homosexuality is not condemned in the Bible? This article evaluates three approaches that claim the Bible supports homosexuality, and shows how the church should respond.
Homosexuality: A Matter of Orientation
Is someone born a homosexual? This article discusses one of the arguments used to justify homosexuality—the idea of being born gay. It shows that homosexuality comes from distorted desires and a disorientation from God.
Gagnon on Arsenokoites: The Bible on Abusive Vs. "Committed" Same-Sex Relationships
This article responds to the notion that Christianity and homosexuality are not mutually exclusive. Some say that the word translated "homosexuals" does not refer to committed same-sex relationships but to abusive male-male relationships. This article provides a cogent refutation by Robert Gagnon.
Homosexuality: The Relevance of the Bible
This paper seeks to challenge the conviction that the Bible is obsolete when Christians seek for divine guidance in the matter of homosexuality. It re-examines some of the main texts and arguments commonly followed when the texts are applied. Texts considered include Genesis 19, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, Romans 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9, and 1Timothy 1:10.
Is It True That Jesus Never Addressed Homosexuality?
This article engages with the notion that the Lord Jesus never addressed homosexuality in his ministry. It shows among other things how this is an argument from silence, it rests upon special pleading, and all of Scripture is the Word of Christ.
What Did Jesus Teach about Homosexuality?
This article explores the commentary of the Lord Jesus on homosexuality. Was he concerned about it or not?
The Shameful Sin of Homosexuality
Various reasons are given to compel the church to accept homosexuality as normal, such as, "You must not judge, you must love others, you must forgive." This article evaluates these reasons, and shows that homosexuality is a sin.
The Real Evidence about Scripture and Homosexual Practice
This article carefully unravels several arguments made by the homosexual community regarding Scripture's commentary on homosexuality.
Beware (and Embrace) the Power of Story
Homosexuality has gained popularity because it tells a story. Knowing the power of story is crucial to countering the spread of homosexuality. This article explains that Christians have a better story about sexuality, humanity, and marriage.
Homosexuality & The Bible
Perspectives on Homosexuality: A Review Article
This article reviews six recent books on the topic of homosexuality: The Loyal Opposition - Struggling with the Church on Homosexuality, Homosexuality and Christian Faith: Questions of Conscience for the Churches, Homosexuality, Science, and the “Plain Sense” of Scripture,
Evangelicals, Homosexuality, and Social Science
Is the church really well-prepared and ready to face the challenge of a proper response to ethical issues like homosexuality? Relevant aspects of the role of social science, sexuality in general, and etiological studies are considered, focusing on family studies, physiological causes, and psychological causes.
The Contribution of the Septuagint to the Biblical Sanctions against Homosexuality
Arguments for or against homosexuality often are based on the translation of specific passages in the Old Testament.
Marriage and the Family – Marriage and the Bible
God, Marriage, and Family – Leaving and Cleaving: Marriage in the Old Testament
A Christian Response to Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage
For College Students: A Primer to Understanding Worldviews
What's Wrong with Homosexuality?
This article explains that homosexuality is wrong because the Lord condemns and hates homosexual activity.
Same Sex Marriage
Church: Home for Same-Sex Strugglers?
Let It Not Be Named Once
The author gives a vivid picture of the grim decline in sexual morals, especially in the United States, focusing mainly on the practice and tolerance of homosexuality.
One Flesh
This article describes why the church must stand strong against the acceptance of homosexuality and maintain the biblical view that it is sin, while upholding the sanctity of marriage between a woman and a man.
Grand Delusions
What should be the position of the church in relation to homosexuality or lesbianism?
Homosexuals in the Congregation: A Plea for Compassion
Caring for Those Struggling With Homosexuality
And That is What Some of You Were...
M... F... or...Q? Who Are You? Emo?
Out of the Closet, Into the Light
This article is on the topic of homosexuality. The author states that homosexual behavior is sinful rebellion against the seventh commandment and, like living in other sins, results in exclusion from the kingdom of God. However, true repentance from a homosexual lifestyle results in forgiveness and justification. This article also discusses the biblical role and attitude of the church in relation to homosexuality.
Homosexual Myths Exposed
Evangelical Drift
This article shows concern regarding a growing drift away from the past in what it means to be evangelical. The author focuses here on the issues of inerrancy, the position of women in the church, homosexuality, intellectual idolatry, and the influence of consumerism in spreading the gospel.
Influencing Society For Good
Looking at homosexuality, same-sex marriages and civil unions, this article shows how the Christian can uphold God's standard in politics and social life.
How Should We Then Defend?
Using homosexuality and abortion as examples, this article shows how sin works to the point that vices become embraced as the norm. The author of this article encourages Christians to use the unreasonableness of sin as a foundation for apologetics.
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Looking at the early writings of Christians and non-Christians, this article shows how they can shed light on dealing with the issues of abortion and homosexuality.
SCOTUS: Too Much and Too Little
Linking homosexuality and sexual orientation, this article shows how sexual orientation has redefined personhood. Man and woman are no longer defined in terms of being image-bearers. Instead, our being is defined by sexual orientation. This has robbed man of the opportunity to have his identity in the Triune God, and it has left him empty.
Some Thoughts on Gay Rights
Arguing from natural law is not sufficient for standing against homosexuality and same-sex marriage. The key reason gay marriage is wrong is wrong because God has declared it so.
Is the Bible Ambiguous about Homosexuality?
This article refutes the arguments that the Bible does not condemn homosexuality and that homosexuality is not unnatural. The Bible clearly states that homosexuality is a sin. The author also shows how the biological and medical studies in support of homosexuality fail to prove their case. Pointing to Christ as the true healer, this article calls for repentance.
Living With Ourselves
This article discusses the relationship between genes and innate behaviour, using the issue of homosexuality as a key example. The author maintains that our genetic makeup does not mean that we are not responsible for our choices and our sin. The author also discusses living with our limitations, specifically in terms of disability.
Homosexuality
Homosexuality: A Right? ... A Wrong?
This article about homosexuality first looks at the question: what does the Bible say about homosexuality? It then discusses how the church should deal with the place of homosexuals within its fellowship. Lastly it looks at homosexuality in society.
The Homosexuality Debate in View of Holy Scripture
Homosexuality: A Biblical View
Sexual Ethics and the Jesus of the Gospels
A claim is often made regarding the relative unimportance of sexual ethics to Jesus and his apparent silence in relation to same-sex sexual (homosexuality) activity. John Nolland examines and presents a helpful survey of the Gospels’ witness to Jesus’ teaching in this area. He explores the New Testament’s terminology in both the gospels and some of the relevant Pauline material.
Beliefs about Homosexual Behavior and Ministering to Homosexual Persons
This is a statement drawn up by the Baptist General Conference concerning homosexuality and ministering to homosexual persons.