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Is homosexual activity a sin that must be repented of, forsaken, and forgiven, or, given the right context and commitment, can we consider same-sex sexual intimacy a blessing worth celebrating and solemnizing?
The second half of Leviticus, from chapter
onward, is sometimes called the Holiness Code because it details how the Israelites were to live as God’s holy people.
Chapter 18 is about holiness as it relates to the family and sexual activity.
The other laws against sexual sin in Leviticus 18 are not qualified in any way.
the sin in Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 is described in a way that harkens back to the created order.
In the truest sense, nothing in the Old Testament should be set aside.
Paul appeals directly to the law of Moses—Leviticus 18:8; Deuteronomy 22:30; 27:20—to establish the sinfulness of incest (a move he makes again in 1 Corinthians 6 with respect to homosexuality).
Each new offense moves another step away from God’s design.
ritual impurity and moral impurity
48). The lesson from Leviticus 18:19 is not “throw out the whole chapter,” but “refrain from whatever sexual activity makes you unclean.”
the sexual ethic in Leviticus 18 and 20 is squarely reaffirmed in the New Testament.
Old Testament penalties of death or banishment for egregious sexual sin are now realized in the church through excommunication. “Purge the evil person from among you”
Homosexual behavior is a sin, not according to who practices it or by what motivation they seek it, but because that act itself, as a truth-suppressing exchange, is contrary to God’s good design.
Talking is not the problem. The problem is when incessant talking becomes a cover for indecision or even cowardice.
that homosexuals might be redeemed
the blanket rejection of homosexual behavior found in the Bible can be redeemed by postulating an impassable cultural distance
too much attention to food.
The New Testament warnings are not indicative of a salvation that can be lost, but of a faith that must persevere.
We are all products of nature and nurture.
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Jesus is the fullest example of what it means to be human, and he never had sex. How
If sexual intimacy is nothing up there, how can we make it to be everything down here?
“Continue to love me, but remember that you cannot be more merciful than God.
The state doesn’t determine what defines marriage; it only recognizes marriage and privileges it in certain ways.
Desires are deemed good or bad not just by their intensity or sense of proportion, but based on their object.
