How to appraoch the gay problem better
From a worldly perspective, the Bible ’s no to homosexual practice is viewed as the impossible demand of a sadistic God and pharisaical church. We’re told that being sexually active is the way to be most alive—to be fully, truly, beautifully human. But perhaps the Bible’s no to same-sex behavior is actually a yes to something even greater than sexual expression, which is good, no doubt, but also potentially idolatrous, especially in our oversexed culture, and certainly not our summum bonum (or highest good). Alasdair MacIntyre says, “I can only answer the question ‘What am I to do?’ if I can answer the prior question ‘Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?’” It’s this prior question that gets ignored in the debate on homosexuality because the church has mistakenly given primacy to ethics over the narrative functions of doctrine and ministry. Some Christians who battle homosexual attractions are learning to struggle well as a celibate gay men because of his embeddedness...