The professed homosexuality of a son or daughter can throw any family into crisis. How can we help families who are suffering in silence to deal redemptively with their anger, grief, shame, and embarrassment?
The question could not have been asked in a more gracious manner. Here is the context. The person who asked me had heard a taped lecture of mine on homosexuality, and it was the lecture that caused him to ask the question. My . . . own . . . lecture. Talk about a question that went to the heart. I was undone by it. Still am – in a good way. Everyone should be so blessed as to have someone like him speak into your life.
Have you been confused by "biblically based" arguments justifying homosexuality? There are many of them. They range from assertions that Jesus was not concerned about maintaining the heterosexual character of sexual relations to citing the inclusive nature of the New Testament. It has even been argued that because the Bible has been incorrectly used to uphold slavery and oppress women, that it is now being used in the same way to oppose homosexuality. This elective will critique these are other arguments used to discount Scripture's witness to a male-female prerequisite for sexual relations.
This elective will teach biblical wisdom for understanding same-sex attraction as an aspect of fallen (broken) sexuality. It will outline how to bring the hope of Christ to a person who wrestles with same sex attraction, and encourage church leaders who desire to develop a community in which strugglers find grace and hope for change.
