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Summary: rebuttal to "itching ears"
Review: Have you considered the possibilty that the tables may be quite turned my friend? Perhaps you may be the one who is not accepting the "sound doctrine". Sound theologic study has shown that at no point does the bible condemn homosexual relations. One must consider the social and historical contexts in which these texts were written. In the days these texts were written homosexuality was merely referred as "unclean" rather than unethical, or against God. The word "unclean" was merely a reflection of a social dissaproval of the times, rather than a sin or a contradiction of God's will or order. Perhaps you should think twice in the future before you feel compelled to use the word to condemn your brothers and sisters. I suggest you read Daniel A. Helminiak's "What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality". It is a comprehensive and methodical book that may open worlds to you and how you look at the word.
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Summary: If you were to only buy one book
Review: If you think that the reason Christians should oppose homosexuality is "because the Bible says it's wrong" then, you should buy this book. One of my seminary professors recommended this book to me while I was an M.Div. student, and I have recommended it to many others since. Scroggs does an excellent job of introducing the reader to basic prinicples of biblical interpretation and then applying those principles to the (very few) verses that seem to address homosexuality.If you have any biblical questions on this issue, this is THE book to buy.
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Summary: another rebutal for itching ears
Review: It is the Christian right who takes scripture out of context to suit their own desires, that is, promote homophobia. Start scratching--itchy ears. tching ears, April 15, 2003 wrote:
Reviewer: A reader from Ballwin, Missouri United States
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
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Summary: unclean AND wicked
Review: Just because something was called "unclean" does not mean that it was amoral, or that it was not evil apart from being unclean. If we take all the relevant passages into context, we should come to the conclusion that homosexuality is even more evil than we thought, and so we should indeed use the word to condemn homosexuals and homosexuality. I recommend James White's "Same-Sex Controversy". 1 Cor 6:9-10
9Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,
10nor thieves, nor {the} covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
(NAS) **
For several superb works on Christian apologetics, I recommend the following. Search for them on the web (many free materials are available from these authors). Vincent Cheung (Reformation Ministries International):
- Systematic Theology
- Ultimate Questions
- Presuppositional Confrontations Gordon Clark (Trinity Foundation):
- An Introduction to Christian Philosophy
- A Christian View of Men and Things
- Religion, Reason, and Revelation Greg Bahnsen
- Van Til's Apologetic: Readings and Analysis
- Always Ready
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Summary: another rebutal for itching ears
Review: This book is a bit older than some of the others available today but the message remains clear and can be applied to any situation where you are in a relationship with a gay or lesbian. When my husband of 20 years began having an identity crisis problem I found the information in this book to be helpful in dealing with his feelings of homosexuality. We did infact split in the end but the split was much cleaner than it might have been had I not found this book....END
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