Homosexuality

Recent events remind us that the major roadblock to progress in Lutheran-Orthodox discussions is the liberal Protestantism at work in many Lutheran World Federation churches. Continue Reading »

8 Jul 2014

Rightly Dividing the Wrong Side of History

by Betsy Childs Howard

To determine the crux of a contemporary issue, we must first determine the crux of history. Continue Reading »

19 Jun 2014

The Silence of Jesus and the Voice of the Apostles

by Wesley Hill

Marilynne Robinson repeats the conclusion that Jesus had nothing to say about homosexuality. But that conclusion severs the connection between Jesus and his specially commissioned apostolic witnesses. Continue Reading »

12 May 2014

Natural Sex

by Peter J. Leithart

Christians and traditionalists often condemn homosexual activity as “unnatural” behavior. The apostle Paul uses precisely this term. What does it mean?If it is taken to mean that there is no homosexual behavior in the natural world, then the claim is manifestly untrue. As James Neill . . . . Continue Reading »

17 Apr 2014

Growth by Sodomy

by Peter J. Leithart

In his study of Papuans of the Trans-Fly, F.E. Williams remarked on the role of homosexual relations in the rites of initiation:“The bachelors had recourse to sodomy, a practice which was not reprobated but was actually a custom of the country - and a custom in the true sense, i.e., fully . . . . Continue Reading »

7 Apr 2014