“For Though I Grieved You” Paper on Homosexuality (PDF)
Click below to download my research on homosexuality, facilitated for myself but also on behalf of congregations who were/are "revisiting" the subject of homosexuality. My conclusion is traditional (one man, one woman), but there are many points to consider when addressing this topic, some or many of which the average church-goer may not be familiar. This paper surveys numerous popular sub-topics and shines a light on some lesser known classical/historical resources that dismantle such ideas as Paul "not knowing" about consensual homosexual relationships between adults, i.e. that it was all pederasty in the Greco-Roman world. That simply is not true. Nor is there a paucity of New Testament passages pertaining to homosexuality. At the same time, the church must be the kind of place where brothers and sisters who struggle with same sex attraction can confide in and talk to other believers about their experiences without being ostracized. Jesus invites everyone, regardless of their background, to die to themselves, be born again, and learn to walk in His ways and be His disciples.
Praise be to God for His grace and mercy and love toward us all. Let us love one another as He loves us.