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Category Archives: Sexuality
What is a Sodomite?
Some would like to equate homosexuality with sodomy or apply the terms interchangeably as though homosexuality and sodomy were the same thing or that the words had the same definition. The Bible however, is very clear about what sodomy … Continue reading
1 Corinthians 6:18-20
1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (NKJV) “Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of … Continue reading
Hebrews 13:4 – A Response
Too often religious or social conservatives who hold passionate anti-LGBT views or attitudes rely on select Bible passages to justify why gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people should be treated as second-class citizens or non-persons. Among the passages I would like to respond … Continue reading
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Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner?
I’ve heard this seemingly catchy phrase fairly often among Christians. It is most often applied as a sort of compromise or justification for exclusion and discrimination with a sort of back-handed bit of token tolerance on the side. It sort … Continue reading
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What is Love?
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but … Continue reading
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