People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue

In Romans 1, Paul says that instead of worshiping God by ruling over the earth, they have idolized the things of the earth and turned their back on their Creator.

It is our job to broadcast the love of Christ in such a way that there is no doubt in their minds that Christianity is where love and salvation can be found. Love—biblical love—does not mean affirming everyone’s behavior. Yet people will never have the power to change unless they first experienced genuine acceptance.

If God is love, and if God wants humans to flourish, and if Romans 1 accurately reflects the will of God, then it is not loving nor would it cause a person to flourish as a human to encourage them to pursue same-sex sexual intimacy.

Paul says that submission reflects the beauty and equality of the Triune God.

Jesus condemns few things more harshly than hypocrisy and selective religiosity.

If we are the ultimate judges of what is right and wrong, and if we think we have a better, more updated understanding of what love is, then we are doing nothing more than replicating the sin of Eden and becoming our own moral authority—determining what is right and wrong. And God help us all.

Jesus doesn’t lead with the law. He leads with love—love without footnotes.

“People will always gravitate to where they are loved. And if they don’t find love in the church, they’ll go elsewhere.”

When talking about homosexuality, it is absolutely crucial to distinguish between same-sex orientation (or attraction) and same-sex behavior.