Homosexuality ... in the church ... ? The argument that the defenders of this position are making is, "...this is the way they were born, they can't change ... it is cruel to make them change."
My answer: why should homosexuality get singled out above all other sins? Is this sin uniquely exempt from repentance? The gospel tells us that we ALL cannot change and each of us is in a similar condition to the homosexual, prior to regeneration. We are all born with a condition that we cannot change: Its called total depravity. By nature we are all morally impotent to obey God's commands let alone believe the gospel ... yet we all remain culpable for these transgressions (Rom 3:19, 20). If homosexuality can be exempt because people claim that they are born that way, then I guess this makes us all exempt from repenting of our various sins that we cannot naturally escape from ... this basically renders Christianity void of all supernatural truth. If God cannot change any of us then the future is indeed bleak for us all because it means that Christianity is false. But in truth, homosexuality is just like any other sin. If I am born a bigot and a man of pride and cannot change this by nature, does this exempt me from obedience to God in this area? Shall I give up trying to change my coveting because I was born with such a desire? Any so-called church, therefore, that encourages homosexual unions or any other sin (Matt 5:19) has therefore abandoned the faith and has embraced a cultural construct for which they will be held accountable. This also includes conservatives who are bigoted against people who are homosexuals. Conservatives must also repent of their sin of trusting in their own righteousness because God didn't save you because you were pure or because of something good He saw in you but rather, because of His sheer grace, plus nothing. The conservative religionist is as equally deserving of God's wrath as the homosexual. Nor does God sustain us because we are pure but solely because of the blood of Jesus Christ. It is on Him alone we can plead forgiveness. We don't need moral reformation in our lives (band-aid)but need to be born again. A supernatural change of our disposition which results in repentance and belief in the gospel... and this new disposition of heart means our delight is in the law of God.
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Perspectives on Homosexuality: A Review Article  |
Guenther Haas - Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Sep 2002) |
The Church Does Not Welcome Homosexuals  |
Rev. Eric C. Redmond |
A New Testament Perspective on Homosexuality  |
Thomas R. Schreiner |
Same-Sex Marriage Makes a Lot of Sense  |
Michael Horton |
A Christian Response to Same-Sex Marriage  |
Dr Michael Horton |
The Top Ten Same Sex Marriage False “Facts”  |
Frank Turek |
Bethlehem's Position on Homosexuality  |
John Piper & Others - August 6, 2003 |
God’s Word in Battle with Homosexual Temptation  |
John Piper |
But God Made Me This Way!  |
John Frame An introduction to the ethical problems of genetically-mandated homosexuality |
Is the Bible Ambiguous about Homosexuality?  |
Rev. D. Patrick Ramsey |
The Bible and Homosexuality  |
Alan C. Clifford |
Discerning the Will of God Concerning Homosexuality and Marriage  |
John Piper |
Letter About How to Relate to a Relative Who is Homosexual  |
John Piper |
Homosexual "Marriage": A Tragic Oxymoron--Biblical and Cultural Reflections  |
John Piper (Event Messages) |
God’s Word in Battle with Homosexual Temptation  |
(Taste & See Articles) |
Homosexuality: The Christian Perspective  |
Lehman Strauss, Litt.D., F.R.G.S. What is homosexuality?, How does one determine if the practice of homosexuality is right or wrong? What explicitly does the Bible teach about homosexuality? |
Homosexuality: Rebellion Against God  |
Richard B. Hays A scholar of Paul explains how the great Apostle understood--and decried--homosexuality. |
Christianity and Homosexuality  |
Carm |
How Does It Hurt You?  |
Lee Duigon |
A Nation Under God?  |
1 Peter 2:9-17 Rev. G. C. Hammond |
The Case Against Homosexual Marriage  |
Albert Mohler |
Courage and Compassion on Homosexuality  |
Albert Mohler |
In The Gay Ol' Summertime  |
Michael Spencer Gay America has left the closet, and they won't be going back. |
Homosexual Parenting: Placing children at risk  |
Timothy J. Dailey Ph.D. |
Ministering to Homosexuals in San Francisco  |
Charles A. McIlhenny The homosexual propaganda machine has been cranking out overtime, to an unbelieving secular media, convincing people that gay is equivalent to any other already legitimate genetic race-like group. And amazingly many naive |
A Reformed Response to Daniel Helminiak's Gay Theology  |
Derrick K. Olliff and Dewey H. Hodges - In this age of cultural pluralism and ethical minimalism, Christians who, consistent with biblical revelation, publicly declare certain activities to be sinful have met with severe opposition. |
A Further Look at Pro-Homosexual Theology  |
Derrick K. Olliff and Dewey H. Hodges Rebuttal to an article refuting the above argument |
Homosexuality: A Biblical Perspective  |
Gil Rugh It is no surprise that the unbelieving world practices such sins. However, it should be noted that this type of behavior is being increasingly accepted, and in some cases encouraged, within the Church. What does this say about the spiritual cond |
Why I Walked  |
J. I. Packer |
The Tyranny of Tolerance  |
Uwe Siemon-Netto |
No Good News: A reply to Alistair McGrath  |
Garry Williams There is no reason here to be encouraged. Some will reply that they will be delighted to have an Archbishop who asserts central credal doctrines. This delight in itself is alarming |
Homosexuality and the Old Testament  |
P. Michael Ukleja Only towering cynicism can pretend that there is any doubt about what the Scriptures say about homosexuality. The Bible has not even the slightest hint of ambiguity about what is permitted or forbidden in this aspect of sexual conduct. |
The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexuality (Part 1)  |
John Piper - Romans 1:24-28 |
The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexuality (Part 2)  |
John Piper - Romans 1:24-28 |
Responding to Pro-Gay Theology  |
Joe Dallas |
Homosexuality: Fact and Fiction  |
Joe Gudel |
That Which Is Unnatural: Homosexuality in Society, the Church, and Scripture  |
Joe Gudel |
Rowan Williams’ Wrong Reading of Romans  |
Robert A. J. Gagnon - Response to Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who asserts that in Romans 1-2, Paul's point was that believers should refrain from judging others-- especially a warning for those who oppose homosexual practice |
The Cultural Argument Against Gay Marriage  |
Randy Hicks |
Let the “Sexual Orientation Hate” Bill Pass and Invite Your Own Oppression  |
Robert A. J. Gagnon, Ph.D. |
"Gay" and "Homosexual" Are Not the Same  |
Stand to Reason |
A New [Testament] Perspective on Homosexuality  |
Thomas Schreiner (pdf) |
William J. Webb's Slaves, Women & Homosexuals: A Review Article  |
Thomas Schreiner (pdf) |
The Truth About Homosexuality (MP3 Series)  |
Master's Seminary Faculty Chapel Lecture Series |
Mohler on King Discussing Homosexuality  |
Albert Mohler - YouTube |
J.I. Packer: Homosexuality is a Heretical Issue  |
JI Packer |
The Tyranny of the Minority  |
S. T. Karnick |
More than “Mutual Joy”: Lisa Miller of Newsweek against Scripture and Jesus  |
Prof. Dr. Robert A. J. Gagnon |
How Barack Obama Will Make Christ a Minister of Condemnation  |
John Piper |
Is Milk Really That Good For You?  |
Carl Trueman |
What's Wrong With Gay Marriage?  |
Paul Copan |
Same-Sex Marriage: Challenges and Responses  |
Greg Koukl |
Does Emergence Christianity And Brian McLaren Really Love Gay People?  |
Ken Silva |
Sharing the Gospel in the Gay Village  |
John Bell & Tim Challies |
The Americans know this will end in schism  |
Tom Wright - regarding the Episcopal Church (TEC) in the United States having voted decisively to allow in principle the appointment, to all orders of ministry, of persons in active same-sex relationships. |
Homosexual Relationships and the Bible  |
David Field |
What was the Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?  |
Gregory Koukl |
When the Bride Is a Groom  |
Gregory Koukl |
Homosexuality and the Bible (.pdf)  |
R. Albert Mohler Jr. |
Prop 8 Ruling Could Criminalize Christianity, Leaders Warn  |
Pete Winn |
Why Evangelicals Should Ignore Brian McLaren: How the New Testament Requires Evangelicals to Render a Judgment on the Moral Status of Homosexuality  |
Denny Burk |
Is Christianity to Blame for Violence Against Homosexuals?  |
Discussion with John Hendryx |
How Did this Happen? Why Same-Sex Marriage Makes Sense to So Many  |
Al Mohler |
Keller: “it is very misleading . . . to say, ‘Homosexuality is a sin’”  |
John Wesley White |
The Road to Gay Ordination in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)  |
S. Donald Fortson III  |
Thoughts on the Minnesota Marriage Amendment  |
John Piper |
Does Scripture Exhort Christians to Violence Against Homosexuals?  |
Rev. Angus Stewart |
Out of Left Field, a Perfect Storm  |
Dr. Peter Jones  |
A Sad Day for PCUSA  |
Terry Johnson |
A Question for PCUSA Conservatives: Why Now?  |
William B. Evans |
If God loves all people, why does he condemn gays just because they were born with a different sexual orientation than heterosexuals?  |
Monergism Q&A |
How I Wish the Homosexuality Debate Would Go  |
Trevin Wax |
The Best Introduction to Homosexuality: Causes, Change, and the Gospel  |
Sam Williams |
Should We Oppose Same-Sex Marriage?  |
Dr. Michael Horton |
Let's Not Cut Christ to Pieces Struggling with homosexuality is a paradox, but embracing homosexuality is a contradiction.  |
Dr. Michael Horton |
Why the “Born This Way” Argument Fails  |
Robin Schumacher |
The Giglio Imbroglio — The Public Inauguration of a New Moral McCarthyism  |
Albert Mohler |
Bracketing Morality — The Marginalization of Moral Argument in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate  |
Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. |
Unvarnished, Ungarbled, Unfettered, Unashamed  |
Douglas Wilson |
Bill O'Reilly, Gay Marriage, and the Bible  |
Rick Phillips |
Follow-Up to O'Reilly, the Bible and Gay Marriage  |
Rick Phillips |
Gay marriage: a case study in conformism  |
Brendan O’Neill on how critical thinking can cave into the despotism of conformism and “the peculiar non-judgmental tyranny of the gay-marriage campaign, which judges harshly those who dare to judge how people live.” |
Homosexuality : A Biblical View  |
Greg Bahnsen |