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Madonna King implies the Apostle Paul's statements fuels hatred

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Radio Host Madonna Kings has correctly stated that "Words matter." But so does truth regarding the sinful lifestyle choice and confusion of homosexuality. She slanders Israel Folau’s statement from the Bible as a "foul outburst." A foul outburst....according to her. Indirectly she is stating that the Apostle Paul teaching on the sin of homosexuality is wrong, full of hatred. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Or do you not know that the unrighteous1 will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. Madonna Kings believes Bible truth  fuels hatred, and vilify homosexual people. Yet in reality, it states clearly homosexuality is a sin and that sin left unrepentant forfeits eternity with Christ. Hateful - No!  Truthful - Yes!  Madonna King then goes d...

William Loader Uniting Church of Australia - wrong on homosexuality

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The ABC Australia tried to convince Australian Christians that the Bible supports homosexual orientation and homosexual marriage. The ABC gathered two like minded authors to write the misleading article -  William Loader (Principal UCA WA Bible College) and Robyn Whitaker  ( Bromby Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Trinity College Theological School , Parkville Melbourne, Australia. William Loader has written several books on homosexuality and a series of Anglican collection of essays . All of which promote the sin of homosexuality.  For example: Loader says the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19 is not about homosexuality but gang rape. Then we get a glimpse of what Laoder really is thinking: Genesis 19 has nothing to say about homosexuality or mutually consenting adults of the same gender expressing their desire and love. Proponents of this new view of Sodom follow an interpretative strategy that is appropriately described as revisionist. By one way or ...

Same-sex Attraction - Balancing Grace & Truth

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Homosexuality - Which authority is final: my interpretation of my personal experience, or the revelation of God in Scripture?

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The oft-repeated mantra “Scholarship has spoken, the homosexual case is closed” can bring great pressure to bear upon the Christian who seeks to be faithful to the Word’s moral imperatives. This is surely the case when the issue of homosexuality and the abiding relevance of God ’s moral law in our lives is under discussion. Many struggle to understand how scholars can know the Word with such depth, understand its backgrounds and its languages, and still conclude that behaviors such as homosexuality are viable alternatives for the believer. A compilation of articles by scholars at Princeton Seminary on the subject of homosexuality appeared in 1996, titled Homosexuality and Christian Community. The work was edited by Choon-Leong Seow , an Old Testament scholar and author of the widely used beginning Hebrew grammar A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Seow authored a chapter titled “A Heterosexual Perspective.” We have chosen to examine his conclusions as a very helpful example of how it...

Seven responses to homosexual marriages

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The first step in navigating your way through any complicated topic is to work out what the main approaches are and try (as best you can) to identify what is appealing about each position, as well as what might be a weakness. In our efforts to think through the fraught topic of same sex marriage , the Centre for Public Christianity has developed the following brief guide to seven approaches we’ve encountered amongst Christians wrestling with this topic. It does not claim to be exhaustive. It cannot capture every nuance. But we thought it might still be helpful to describe the various perspectives in a simple, convenient format, and invite readers to evaluate their own position in light of the alternatives. 1. Innovators: moving beyond scripture Innovators enthusiastically support same sex marriage. They do so with what they hold to be a generous moving beyond the Bible ’s teaching. For some this will be justified on the theologically liberal grounds that the Bible is a historicall...