What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality?

More than anything, I want to open the Scriptures and make things a little clearer for those who may be thinking, “Something seems wrong with these new arguments, but I can’t put my finger on it,” or “Maybe the Bible doesn’t say what I thought,” or “Maybe I need to give the Bible another chance,” or “All my friends are saying one thing, and I’m not

that this conclusion would be reached not based on gut reactions and growing peer pressure, but by bringing the best arguments to light and weighing them out through a reasoned use of Scripture (Acts 19:9–10; 24:25).

if affirming homosexual behavior is the more enlightened conclusion, it seems only fair

wrong. I’m going to argue for that same conclusion, but the right conclusion can be handled in the wrong way. Focusing on other people’s sins, while ignoring our own, would be the wrong way. Being haughty about biblical correctness, instead of humbled by our own fallenness, would be the wrong way. Turning every conversation into a theological throw

Just as God had walked with Adam in the cool of the day, so he made a way to dwell in the midst of his chosen people.

The Lord God put his tabernacle in the middle of the camp (and later, his temple in the midst of the city) to visually represent his dwelling place among the people.

The central plotline of the story of Scripture was set in motion: a holy God making a way to dwell in the midst of an unholy people.