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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Our hope for homosexuals is not heterosexuality, but holiness.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Is there a “gay gene,” and should it change our view of homosexual behavior
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 10:21 PM
song “Born this Way” sold millions of copies affirming what many people believe: homosexuality
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:08 PM
People who engage in homosexual behavior are normal in many ways....But it seems strange to admit that everything about homosexuality is normal.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 1, 2019 5:12 PM
compassion is about Christians balancing their convictions with a love towards homosexual
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for March 2012 A homosexual man asked my wife, “Do you think
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
A rather lengthy passage in which Paul seems to use homosexuality as indicative both
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Does a biblical view of homosexuality equate to hate?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
I want to make a distinction between two ways of addressing the issue of homosexuality
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Alan summarizes what the Bible does and doesn’t say about homosexuality.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Jesus didn’t talk about homosexuality. Does that mean it’s okay?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 1, 2019 5:16 PM
But homosexuality? Whoa! That’s more than missing the mark.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
fallacy helps us to answer an important question about what the Bible says regarding homosexuality
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
What would you do if your homosexual friend or family member were to interpret your...biblical stance against homosexual behavior as a lack of love...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
in the New Testament that give us some indication of what is really wrong with homosexuality
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:39 PM
Are we really depriving homosexuals the right to marry the person they love?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Homosexuality is here to stay.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 12, 2020 3:49 PM
Is the question of whether or not homosexuality is sinful something Christians should
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
The answer to this question depends on how you define “natural.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 9:49 PM
Today’s challenge: “Jesus never said anything about homosexuality, so he must not
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 2, 2019 9:42 PM
pro-gay theology claim that if you look beyond the six verses that directly address homosexuality...into the rest of what the Bible says about sexuality, the more you...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Leviticus 18:22–23 “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 29, 2021 1:20 AM
A new film claims Christian opposition to homosexuality is based on a 1946 mistranslation
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Did Jesus say anything about homosexuality?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 10:44 PM
It’s often said that if you repeat something loud enough and long enough, people will begin to believe it.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
To most readers, the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans contains the Bible’s clearest condemnation of same-sex relations—both male and female.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
The first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans contains what most readers consider the Bible’s clearest condemnation of same-sex relations. Recent scholarship reads the same text and finds just...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:00 PM
The answer to this question is easy. Yes, they’re going to hell. But guess what? Everyone is going to hell.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 4, 2020 1:38 AM
Yes, humans are an animal of sorts, but we’re more than that.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
I want to reflect on this new research that has been in all of the newspapers the last couple of days and has dominated the air waves on talk shows all over this fair city.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
might not ever get anywhere trying to answer the question of what God thinks about homosexuality
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for February 2013 Skeptics of all stripes believe the book of Leviticus is irrelevant.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:20 PM
You may have seen the sign, “Some people are gay. Get over it!” But I’d like to change it: “Some people used to be gay. Get over that.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
The Bible paints a positive picture of sex and marriage, explaining how we were created to flourish, and then forbids everything outside that design.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Sometimes we can infer Jesus’ view on something we have no record of by listening carefully to His view on a related thing He did weigh in on.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Is it the case that the behavior the Bible is really against is not the kind of loving relationships between same-sex partners we see today?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
How should Christians respond when those who identify as gay or lesbian come to their church?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:29 PM
I often hear this question loaded with two scenarios...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Greg and Amy discussed the recent dialogue between Sean McDowell and Matthew Vines on the podcast last week. You can watch that dialogue here and find links for more information.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2019 10:22 PM
What is the current state of the church on sexuality, and how can we compassionately but truthfully address this topic? Alan answers questions like these in this discussion with Jack Hibbs.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Church discipline isn’t a remnant of the first-century church. It’s a New Covenant principle that can and should be applied today.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 12, 2020 3:39 PM
If we don’t end friendships with those who hold to errant theology, will we be contributing to the harm their views are causing in people’s lives?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 19, 2021 10:19 PM
When it comes to sexuality, the Bible doesn’t talk about “being gay” or “LGBTQ people,” terms people use today. Instead, it addresses behavior. Some behaviors are permitted, and some are...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 10:06 PM
You can keep your faith or you can keep your friends and family. You pick. Well, the answer for many people is obvious: relationships are more important than a theological idiosyncrasy.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
A father asked for advice on what to do when his 12-year-old daughter was required to read a book that prominently features a gay character. Here’s the advice Amy gave him.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
A common defense for homosexuality is that same-sex attraction is natural for gays
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
One of the points I made during my message was that Scripture doesn’t teach that we have to cut ties with family, friends, and co-workers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2023 11:52 PM
go back in time to 1946 and stop the RSV translation team from using the word “homosexuals...” in the Bible for the first time, what would the Bible’s teaching on marriage,...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
The issue of what Christians believe about homosexuality is coming up a lot for a
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Homosexuals are born that way, change is impossible, and their behavior is
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Our culture not only tolerates homosexuality, it’s often celebrated and considered
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
than ever, it is difficult to maintain a Christian view of sexuality, let alone homosexuality
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Wrongly assuming that homosexuality is either something one is born with or a choice
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
The morality of homosexuality can never be defended by any appeal to nature, but
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
It doesn’t matter what Christians actually think or believe about homosexuality.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Matthew Vines has set out to change Christians’ minds on the topic of homosexuality
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
If homosexuals are bullied, we need to protect them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 21, 2020 9:29 PM
Because Christians have moral concerns with homosexual behavior, it is alleged that
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Jan 27, 2024 3:11 AM
Aside from denying and twisting the clear passages of Scripture that prohibit homosexuality
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 7, 2020 10:50 PM
Is there hope for a person who experiences same-sex attraction? Alan responds to this question and more in part two of his discussion with Jack Hibbs.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 8, 2021 11:57 PM
Pro-gay theology advocates have invented a new type of sin by taking an existing sin and divided it up into two flavors: sinful and non-sinful—a distinction foreign to Scripture.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
The modern case for pro-gay theology fails. It’s an example of how people “turn away their ears from the truth” and reinterpret the Bible to fit their desires.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for June 2012 President Obama became the first sitting U.S. President to support same-sex marriage.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
The Christian gets pigeon-holed as the judgmental one, but everyone else is judging, too. It’s an inescapable consequence of believing in morality.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 1, 2024 8:22 PM
Does the film 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture succeed in using Scripture to make the case that God approves of same-sex relationships? Alan explains three reasons why the film’s...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for August 2013 The “experts” have spoken. Change in sexual orientation is not possible.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for June 2013 Do you agree with God? What would it take for you to declare something good that God says is bad?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
For Christ, the cross literally meant giving up everything, even His own life. He denied His own will to do the will of the Father. God expects no less from us when it comes to the matter of sex.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Different cultures create different challenges, and that makes speaking internationally both challenging and interesting. Here’s one way this played out in Alan’s recent trip to the West Bank.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 4, 2020 1:43 PM
Despite the rhetorical force of making the comparison, merely claiming it’s the same does not make it so.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
The question “Why do Christians care how an organization that self-identifies as Christian views marriage?” requires an answer from within Christian doctrine.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
Alan posed a question to pro-gay theology advocates: Should we believe that Jesus was wrong, the Church has been wrong, or you are wrong? But is there a fourth option?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Justin Taylor has an interesting and helpful post that takes the reader step by step through the second half of Romans 1.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 4, 2020 7:02 PM
The California Judges Association is guilty of the same thing they accuse the Boy Scouts of—discrimination.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Sometimes we need to explain the bigger biblical picture in order to answer a person’s specific question.
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