Sexuality

The Pill Turns 50

By Aaron Blumer Mon, 04/26/2010 - 7:30am

Al Mohler reflects on Time Magazine’s cover story.
“I do indeed believe that the development of the Pill ‘has done more to reorder human life than any event since Adam and Eve ate the apple.’ Why? Because sex, sexuality, and reproduction are so central to human life, to marriage, and to the future of humanity.”

True Lips Wait?

By Greg Linscott Tue, 05/05/2009 - 6:27am

Albert Mohler on the Virgin Lips Movement

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"The moral landscape moving under our feet..."

By Greg Linscott Fri, 04/10/2009 - 5:34am

Albert Mohler- “TIME — Is Same-Sex Marriage Inevitable?”

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Polygamy is coming...

By Greg Linscott Tue, 04/07/2009 - 9:18pm

…at least for Canada, says the Ottawa Citizen
HT: Rod Dreher

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"The real difference is their more conservative and religious home and social environment."

By SharperIron Wed, 01/07/2009 - 10:51am

William McGurn at the Wall Street Journal- “Like a Virgin- The Press Take On Teenage Sex”

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Thinking Biblically About Homosexuality, Part 2

By SharperIron Wed, 07/25/2007 - 12:00am

Read Part 1.

Note: This article series was previously posted on SharperIron and has been updated and revised.

by Aaron Blumer

This article is the second of two aimed at thinking biblically about homosexuality. As in the first article, key words include Strong’s Concordance numbers as an aid for study. These numbers are indicated by the letter s, as in s.1100.

Part 1 introduced two nonfictional Christian men who were fictionally named “Bob” and “Jim.” While they both had good depravity_blumer.gifChristian upbringing and trusted Christ at an early age, one eventually found that when he was sexually attracted to another person, it tended to be to a man rather than to a woman.

With the aim of identifying a biblical response to men like Bob, Part 1 posed some questions. Does Scripture teach that those who experience same-sex attraction must be in a more spiritually or morally corrupt condition than those who do not? Should we believe that all who are tempted in this particular way are afflicted with a unique spiritual disease and that they are only equal to the rest of us when they have eliminated instances of same-sex attraction completely from their lives?
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Thinking Biblically About Homosexuality, Part 1

By SharperIron Wed, 07/11/2007 - 12:00am

Note: This article series was previously posted on SharperIron and has been updated and revised.

by Aaron Blumer

A True Story

Once there were two boys. We’ll call them Bob and Jim. They both grew up in Bible-believing, fundamentalist homes and had good Christian upbringing. They both had fathers who were somewhat blumer_perhaps.gifdistant and critical but honest, hardworking, and—in their own way—loving. Both boys also believed the gospel at an early age and served the Lord.

But as they reached adulthood, something happened to one that did not happen to the other. Bob began to feel sexually attracted to people of his own gender. He didn’t approve of what he felt. Indeed, he was deeply ashamed of his desires and wished they would go away. How had he become a “pervert”?

Jim, on the other hand, felt only the usual attraction to females.

The Problem

This story is true and not as unusual as many would like to believe. Committed Christian men experience same-sex attractions and want to know how they got the way they are and what they should do about it. Sadly, they do not find biblical Fundamentalism speaking with a clear voice on these matters.
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