Churches led by homosexuals send wrong message
Jim Evans is right: The tornado that blew the steeple off the Minneapolis church where Evangelical Lutherans were deciding to ordain practicing homosexuals was a chance event and not a miraculous message from God.
God doesn’t need repeated interventions to announce his judgment on sexual sin. His views have been clear since Sodom, and they were codified in Leviticus: “Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.” Paul’s assessment in I Corinthians 6 is blunt: Practicing homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God.
The ancient Hebrews initiated thousands of years of moral progress by restricting sex to marriage (Google “Judaism’s sexual revolution” for details). Pagan cultures divorced sexuality from marriage, and both male and female temple prostitution was commonplace. When Judaism demanded that all sexual activity be channeled into marriage, it dramatically elevated the status of women, civilized men, and created stable homes where children could be educated and nurtured through two decades of immaturity.
Churches led by homosexuals reverse this progress, sending an unmistakable message that restricting sex to marriage doesn’t matter. They offer theological cover to singles considering “hooking up,” to spouses tempted to commit adultery, and to men and women attracted by the no-strings lure of homosexuality. At greatest risk are teens confused about their new stirrings of sexuality. We live in a culture awash with claims that sex is simple recreation, that if it feels good, do it. The consequences of “doing it” may impoverish life dramatically, from unmarried pregnancy to sexually transmitted disease, from a cheapening of character to an inability to practice sexual exclusivity in marriage. What a terrible travesty that temptations to dissolute living should come from a church.
Bruce Murray
Auburn
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