What is the Disagreement on Same-Sex Attraction About?
It would be helpful to define each of these positions to understand where and why they differ.
Each of these three views affirms that sexual desire (lust) constitutes sin. But view 1 understands all SSA to include sexual desire and therefore to see all of it as sin. View 2 agrees with view 1 on the sinfulness of sexual desire. Yet view 2 emphasizes that SSA is a fallen condition that will sometimes... Continue Reading
Same-Sex Attraction, Biblical Christianity, and the Fractures in Our Evangelical Mist
What exactly does Paul mean by describing what we used to be and contrasting it to what we now are?
Is a believer’s union with Christ so transformative that all other self-perceptions that he or she might claim are so secondary that they should never be allowed to rival his or her identity in Christ? “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come”... Continue Reading
South African Court Sets Aside Dutch Reformed Church Policy Prohibiting So-Called Same-Sex Marriages
The Dutch Reformed Church (NGK) of South Africa has a policy prohibiting members in same-sex marriages and persons in same-sex relationships.
ChristianView Network condemns the outrageous judgment of judge Joseph Raulinga of the North Gauteng High Court setting aside the Dutch Reformed Church (NGK) policy prohibiting so-called ‘same-sex marriages’ and persons in same-sex relationships. The policy of prohibiting same-sex sexual relations has always been and always will be the policy of every genuine Christian church –... Continue Reading
Same-Sex Relationships: Sorry Bishop, But The Meaning Of Holiness Does Not Change From Generation To Generation
Homosexual acts are forbidden in language which negatively contrasts them with the purity of holiness, and sex is to be rightly enjoyed solely in the context of heterosexual covenant marriage.
There can be no viable case made that the Scriptures indicates any change in God’s attitude towards homosexual acts, and not even the hint of a “redemptive trajectory” in this direction. He is a holy God and remains implacably opposed to all sexual acts that fall short of his holy standard. We are not at... Continue Reading
Homosexuality: “Gay Conversion Therapy” Is Wrong but the Gospel Enables Same-Sex Attracted Christians to Resist Temptation
The promised "way out" from any sin is not deliverance from the temptation, but power to overcome it and endure in faithful obedience; resistance/endurance is the essence of the Christian life.
This is great news for those who, in a fallen world, must battle against same-sex attraction. But more than that it is good news for all Christians. Even though our specific temptations may be different, we are all at the front line of a vicious battle against our fallen flesh and the desires it produces.... Continue Reading
Same-Sex Attraction Is Not A Means of Grace Or Why We Distinguish Nature And Grace
By recognizing the distinction between nature and grace, same-sex attraction and behavior cannot be normalized any more than they may be sacramentalized.
Same-sex friendship among men is a good thing but it is not a sacrament. Neither is same-sex friendship just another expression of homosexuality. Both nature and Scripture tell us that homosexual attraction is a transgression of nature. Friendship, camaraderie, and fellowship are not sexual. They are a natural bond. Christian fellowship is the fruit of... Continue Reading
United Methodists Face Uncertainty After Delegates Reject Plan Allowing Same-Sex Marriage, LGBT Clergy
United Methodist delegates voted to approve the Traditional Plan, 438-384, after rejecting the progressive One Church Plan, which would have lifted the church’s prohibitions on same-sex marriage and LGBT clergy.
The delegates voted Tuesday morning 449-374 to reject that progressive plan, known as the One Church Plan, which would have lifted the church’s prohibitions on same-sex marriage and LGBT clergy while adding protections for those who do not support the marriages. One Church Plan supporters worried about future. The division was present in the debates.... Continue Reading
Support for Christians Refusing to Serve Same-Sex Weddings Goes … Up
PRRI finds most demographics have shifted in favor of religious freedom for small wedding business owners like Masterpiece Cakeshop’s Jack Phillips.
PRRI found that 46 percent of Americans believe owners of wedding-related businesses should be allowed to refuse their services to same-sex couples based on their religious convictions, while 48 percent of Americans believe business owners should be compelled to provide their services to such couples with no conscience exemption from antidiscrimination laws. In the... Continue Reading
North Florida Presbytery (PCA) Same-Sex Attraction Study Committee Report
In January of 2018, the North Florida Presbytery voted unanimously to receive the Same-Sex Attraction Study Committee Report.
Should we encourage a faithful believer—who experiences persistent same-sex attraction, but chooses to honor God through a celibate lifestyle—to identify as a ‘Gay Christian’? No. Believers are not identified by their sins but by their Savior. Jesus is the Christian’s new identity. At the 2016 October meeting of the North Florida Presbytery, the moderator appointed... Continue Reading
Government Misregulation Of Marriage Goes Beyond “Same-Sex Marriage”
Marriage is a “divine institution,” and pertains to the Church of Christ. It is simultaneously not “peculiar” to the church, and governments are permitted to “regulate marriage,” per BCO 59.
Around the world, and through history, governments have misunderstood and abused marriage in many other ways, and we would do well to broaden our perspective as we consider the proper relationship between church and state on the subject of marriage. Chapter 59 of the Presbyterian Church in America’s (PCA) Directory of Worship opens this... Continue Reading
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