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What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?

What Does The Bible Tell About Homosexuality?

Introduction

For the last two decades, Pew Research Center has reported that one of the most enduring ethical issues across Christian traditions is sexual diversity. For many Christians, one of the most frequently first-asked questions on this topic is, “What does the Bible say about attraction to someone of the similar sex?”

Although its unlikely that the biblical authors had any notion of sexual orientation (for example, the term homosexual wasn't even coined until the after time 19th century) for many people of faith, the Bible is looked to for timeless guidance on what it means to honor God with our lives; and this most certainly includes our sexuality.

Before we can bounce into how it is that Christians can maintain the authority of the Bible and also affirm sexual diversity, it might be helpful if we started with a little but clear overview of some of the assumptions informing many Christian approaches to understanding the Bible.

What is the Bible?

For Christians to whom the Bible is God’s very written word, it is widely understood that God produced its contents through inspired

How Should Christians Respond to Gay Friends or Family Members?

Caleb Kaltenbach (M.A. ’07) is an alumnus of Biola’s Talbot School of Theology, lead pastor of a large church in Simi Valley, Calif., and a married father of two. He’s also an emerging voice in the discussion of how Christians should engage the LGBT community. That’s because Kaltenbach has an insider perspective, having been raised by a dad and mom who divorced and independently came out of the closet as a same-sex attracted man and a woman loving woman. Raised in the midst of LGBT parties and pride parades, Kaltenbach became a Christian and a pastor as a new adult. Today, he manages the tension of holding to the traditional biblical teaching on sexuality while loving his gay parents.

Kaltenbach’s unique story is detailed in his new guide Messy Grace: How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Without Sacrificing Conviction and landed him on the front page of the New York Times in June. Biola Magazine reached out to him to talk about his publication and his perspective on how Christians can superior navigate the complexities of this issue with facts and grace.

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Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Southern Baptist Convention
BACKGROUND
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) traces its history to when it broke off from Northern Baptists over slavery. The roots of Southern Baptist history go back to the Baptist churches established in the American colonies in the 17th century.
By , the SBC formed its own Sunday Institution Board, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Providing standard literature for all Southern Baptist churches had a sturdy unifying effect, solidifying the Southern Baptist Convention as a denomination.
Among doctrines Southern Baptists emphasize is the doctrine of local church autonomy. Working through 1, local associations and 42 state conventions, Southern Baptists share a common bond of basic Biblical values and a commitment to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the entire world.
LGBTQ+ EQUALITY
ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION & GENDER IDENTITY
In a “Resolution on a Christian Response to Homosexuality,” the SBC declared that “even a desire to engage in a queer relationship is always sinful, impure, degrading, shameful, unnatural, indecent and perverted.”
In the Baptist Faith and Message statement, the SBC

Same-Sex Attraction
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints acknowledges that same-sex attraction is a sensitive issue that requires kindness, sympathy and understanding. The “Same-Sex Attraction” section of reinforces the reality that, in the words of one Latter-day Saint scripture, God “loveth his children” (1 Nephi ), and seeks to help everyone finer understand same-sex attraction from a gospel perspective.
The Church does not take a position on the lead to of same-sex attraction. In , Elder Dallin H. Oaks said, “The Church does not have a position on the causes of any of these susceptibilities or inclinations, including those related to same-gender attraction.”
Feelings of same-sex attraction are not a sin. President M. Russell Ballard said: “Let us be clear: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes that ‘the experience of same-sex attraction is a complex truths for many people. The attraction itself is not a sin, but acting on it is. Even though individuals do not choose to have such attractions, they do pick how to respond to them. With love and understanding, the Church reaches out to all God’s children, including [those with same-sex attrac

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