This one-flesh union is designed to be the way in which Adam and Eve fulfil God’s command to “be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth”

them, we need to make every effort to let them know that we are for them and not against them.

At some point they will want to know what, as Christians, we make of homosexuality. We need to think carefully about how to explain this in a way that will be understood and appreciated, and not just met with defensiveness. As important as explaining the particular truths of the Bible is explaining the reasons behind why it says them. So we will

I used the term “same-sex attraction” just then because an immediate challenge is how I describe myself. In western culture today the obvious term for someone with homosexual feelings is “gay”. But in my experience this often refers to far more than someone’s sexual orientation. It has come to describe an identity and a lifestyle.

anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation” 2 Corinthians 4 v 17, ESV

1. Genesis 19

It’s just not an issue that comes up much. Where it does, however, the Bible has important and clear things to say about homosexuality.

Leviticus 18 and 20

Jesus’s command that his followers “love one another” was not just an afterthought. It is a key part of his strategy to win a watching world.