'homosexuality' Tagged Posts (Page 2)
Louie Giglio and the Presidential Inauguration
About one week ago, evangelical pastor Louie Giglio rejected President Obama’s offer to pray at the presidential inauguration. The reason? Pressure groups made a big fat deal about some very faithful comments he made about homosexuality. He made the comments some time ago, but that is beside…
Hope for the Homosexual
Why do I believe there is hope for the homosexual? The answer is, because the gospel provides the cleansing power and change for any sinner who receives Jesus Christ as Lord.
A Right Understanding of Homosexuality
The sin of homosexuality is described as “dishonourable passions” in which “natural relations” are exchanged for those “contrary to nature” . This reveals that the homosexual desire (not just the act) is sinful and is “contrary to nature” because it goes against the natural order of creation.
A Right Understanding of Gender
When God created male and female – He created them with equal value and dignity. Both were created in His image (Gen. 1:27) and both therefore reflect the handiwork of their Maker.
A Right Understanding of Marriage
What is marriage? From the earliest chapters of Scripture along with others we learn that marriage was created and instituted by God in creation. It was between a man and a woman with the purpose of procreation (Gen. 1:28), pleasure (Proverbs 5:18-19), partnership (Gen. 2:18) and productivity (Gen. 1:28). Such an understanding of marriage is an exclusion of same sex…
The Same-Sex Marriage Debate
NOTE: This post commences a 5-post series by Andrew Courtis, Pastor of Hills Bible Church. In it, Andrew discusses some of the most contentious issues facing society. In response to these issues, he turns to the Scriptures to present the biblical perspective on each. In some recent posts I mentioned that sin is a deceptive thing. It comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes.…
The Fight Over Gay Marriage is Not Over
The Australian Federal Parliament overwhelmingly voted down a Bill to amend the Marriage Act. We should be thankful to God for that: our political leaders have shown some wisdom, even though gay marriage is a seriously hot potato at the moment. We should be thankful that we’re not yet over the precipice, and sliding down the slippery slope toward all sorts of…
Dear Prime Minister, Re: Homosexual Marriage
© Anyka – Fotolia.com The Cameron government in the UK has recently undertaken some measures to “investigate” introducing same-sex marriage legislation. A Christian blogger has written a thoughtful letter to David Cameron regarding this. As the Australian Federal Senate begins considering public submissions regarding this same issue, I thought these…
Redefining Marriage is Unbiblical
The fracas around the impending redefinition of marriage in Australia has been escalating at a great rate. A private members bill is likely to be put forward in federal parliament in the near future redefining the definition of marriage. If passed, it will mean that marriage will include the legal union of two people of the same sex. Martin has already addressed the issue…
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