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What the Bible Really Says About Transsexuality

3/13/2024

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There are many Christians today who are confused and uncertain about the topic of transsexuality.  They are taught that God makes people transsexual, and that Christians must accept this out of love, but to claim that God made someone both male and female is an open accusation that God is the author of confusion.  This is a direct contradiction of God's statement in I Corinthians 14:33 that He is not the author of confusion. 


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It's Called "Obedience"

12/8/2023

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Every game has a set of rules that govern how the gameplay proceeds.


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Play By The Rules

12/13/2022

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Every game has a set of rules that govern how the gameplay proceeds.
 
In Super Mario Bros., for example, there is a rule that jumping on a Goomba will kill it and a corresponding rule that if a Goomba runs into you it will kill you. You will have a very difficult time trying to win in Super Mario Bros. by running into Goombas, and your game will proceed much smoother if you try to win by jumping on the Goombas instead. You could argue that those who choose the latter are more privileged than those who choose the former, but that is solely the fault of those who choose to ignore the instruction book and attempt to play by their own rules.


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It Is Abomination: A study of the Hebrew word “toebah” in Scripture

7/29/2018

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One of the common arguments brought against the traditional understanding of Leviticus 18:22 is the claim that the Hebrew word “toebah” (abomination) only refers to pagan temple practices and not things that are revolting in and of themselves.  I was recently presented with an opportunity to respond to this argument, and I took the time to look up every occurrence of the word “toebah” in the Bible.  I found that the above claim cannot be supported by the facts and that the English term "abomination" is an accurate translation of the word "toebah." 


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A “Brief” Response to Matthew Vines

10/19/2016

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A few years ago, a young man by the name of Matthew Vines released a viral video in which he claimed to refute the traditional interpretation of the Bible’s teachings regarding homosexuality.  Vines claimed to take the traditional view head on and to prove that the verses used to support it do not actually mean what traditionalists claim that they mean.  There are several responses to Vines’ claim, but I was recently asked to write a brief analysis of his claim in light of the view
expressed in my video “What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality.”  Well, I tried to be brief, but I also wanted to be thorough, so here is my relatively brief response to the claims of Matthew Vines:

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Supreme Court Justice Wilson on the Marriage Debate

2/19/2015

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With the battle over marriage taking place in Alabama's courts, I thought that it would be a good idea to remind everyone of the view of marriage that was foundational to our nation.  This view is conveyed very clearly in James Wilson's Lectures on the Law.  Wilson was one of the most influential of our founding fathers.  He was one of only six men to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and he was one of the six original Supreme Court justices.  Wilson's Lectures on the Law give us an unprecedented view of the legal foundation on which our nation was established.  With this in mind, it is my opinion that Wilson's statements on marriage should carry tremendous weight in any decision regarding that institution today


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Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Marriage

2/9/2015

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Certainly no legislation can be supposed more wholesome and necessary in the founding of a free, self-governing commonwealth, fit to take rank as one of the coordinate States of the Union, than that which seeks to establish it on the basis of the idea of the family, as consisting in and springing from the union for life of one man and one woman in the holy estate of matrimony; the sure foundation of all that is stable and noble in our civilization; the best guaranty of that reverent morality which is the source of all beneficent progress in social and political improvement.


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The Apostle Paul and Homosexual Love

3/10/2014

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After posting my recent articles on the biblical view of homosexuality, I was once again confronted with the argument that the biblical writers had no concept of same-sex love and, thus, could not have been condemning the type of homosexuality that is prevalent in America today.  The primary claim made in this argument is that first century Roman culture viewed homosexual activity as being the result of wildly uncontrolled lusts.  Supposedly, the Romans of that time period had never considered the possibility that people could have a sexual orientation which causes them to be genuinely attracted to members of the same sex.



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The Responsibility of Government in the Marriage Debate

3/8/2014

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Certainly no legislation can be supposed more wholesome and necessary in the founding of a free, self-governing commonwealth, fit to take rank as one of the coordinate States of the Union, than that which seeks to establish it on the basis of the idea of the family, as consisting in and springing from the union for life of one man and one woman in the holy estate of matrimony; the sure foundation of all that is stable and noble in our civilization; the best guaranty of that reverent morality which is the source of all beneficent progress in social and political improvement.


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The Meaning of Arsenokoitai

3/7/2014

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One of the most common responses to the claim that the Bible condemns homosexuality as a sin is the counter claim that the word arsenokoitai used in I Corinthians 6:9 and I Timothy 1:9-10 is not a reference to homosexuals.  Those making this claim have proposed a range of alternative translations for arsenokoitai ranging from male pederasts to the assertion that “we just don’t know what it means.”  Over the past ten years, I’ve been confronted with this claim on several occasions, and I’ve put together a short list of resources that I turn to whenever it comes up. 


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