When providing pulpit supply for another church I had some interesting conversations. Some were enlightening such as an explanation of the maneuvering in the United Methodist Church that let the pagans take over. Others were frustrating like the brief conversation about homosexuality with a lady one Sunday.
The service was about to begin and we both had responsibilities. She brought up something a friend, who was in seminary, had told her. It involved homosexuality and her friend was feeding her the standard line of the neo-pagans running the mainline churches. It was just an Old Testament hang up with the law and legalism. The poor lady did not seem to be one who read her Bible much. When I read her a brief portion of Romans she looked confused and said she had never heard that before.
Her friend had told her that we were made in the image of God and God did not make mistakes. The conclusion from that statement involved claiming that 10% of Americans were born homosexual and it was the way God wanted them so it could not be wrong. All I had time for was to point out that she was being lied to. We had to move on.
It occurred to me later that we were making the wrong assumptions. We should assume that homosexuality is being equated with adultery not with marriage. God is very clear that sexual expression is to be between a man and his wife. Anything outside that is adultery or fornication. Both are condemned clearly in scripture.
If you are talking to someone who is actually a believer who has a Bible, start with the definition of marriage. Anything outside of that is sin. If I commit adultery I am outside God’s plan for me. The same is true of homosexual activity. The answer is chastity. That means refraining from an activity. If you believe God made you a homosexual and I can’t convince you otherwise we still have the Godly standard of chastity and self control.
If they can’t accept that then about all you can do is pray for them and keep them out of church leadership.
homo unius libri
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Opus 2025-476: Neo-Pagan Lies
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