By the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors What we see is a huge issue as the church thinks through the issue of homosexuality. Faithful churches of Jesus Christ have continued to affirm the sinfulness of homosexual behavior. The church has struggled a bit more, however, with the issue of same-sex attraction. Nick Roen has a…
Posted on the NPR web site Allan Edwards is the pastor of Kiski Valley Presbyterian Church in western Pennsylvania, a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America. He’s attracted to men, but considers acting on that attraction a sin. Accordingly, Edwards has chosen not to act on it. “I think we all have part of our…
By Jean Lloyd, Christian Post May I make two requests? Love me, but remember that you cannot be more merciful than God. It isn’t mercy to affirm same-sex acts as good. Don’t compromise truth; help me to live in harmony with it. Over thirty years have passed since same-sex attraction rushed up from deep within…
In a February 18 Canon & Culture post entitled “Is Homosexual Orientation Sinful,” Biblical studies and ethics professor, Denny Burk challenges the current thinking that has led many evangelicals to parse sexual orientation from sexual practice. The Bible teaches that God condones no sexual relations outside of the marriage of a man and woman and…
By Nick Roen Few concepts are more foreign to our culture than waiting. Now you can take a picture of a check with your phone and deposit it instantly into your bank account without even leaving your Lay-Z-Boy. “Instant,” it seems, has become the new “relatively quick.” This has been highlighted in my own life…
By Sam Allberry, Desiring God blog. I don’t speak as an outsider when I say same-sex attraction is often tightly bound up with idolatry. Contrary to heterosexual desires (a desire for what we are not, and cannot become), same-sex desires are cravings for what we want to see in ourselves, but lack. Often a powerful emotional…
By Stanton L. Jones It’s one of today’s most difficult conversations, but one increasingly impossible to avoid. The spiritual, political, and emotional implications make this topic explosive. How can pastors talk realistically and redemptively with those seeking pastoral guidance about same sex attraction? We asked Stan Jones, who has academic, professional, and personal experience in…