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Christians who want to explain the Christian faith to gay friends need to know that what the Bible says about homosexuality is not the only thing they need to explain, and it is probably not the first thing, or even the main thing, they need to focus on.

‘For this reason

The consistent teaching of the Bible is clear: God forbids homosexual activity. Given what the Bible says about God’s purpose of sex and marriage this should not surprise us.

The God revealed in Jesus Christ is the definition of love.

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 ne

God is opposed to all sexual activity outside of heterosexual marriage.

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.