What the Bible teaches about Homosexuality
LARRY HAYDEN BLOG – THOUGHTS FROM A CHRISTIAN The discussion today concerns what the Bible teaches about Homosexuality. When examining what the Bible says about homosexuality, it is important to distinguish between homosexual behavior and homosexual inclinations or attractions . It is the difference between active sin versus the passive condition of being tempted. Homosexual behavior is sinful, but the Bible never says it is a sin to be tempted. Simply stated, a struggle with temptation may lead to sin, but the struggle itself is not a sin. For example, some of us may struggle with an attraction to violence. That attraction isn’t a sin but the actual commission of violence against another person is a sin. It is mandatory that such a person learns to control the attraction to violence. It is no different regarding an attraction to homosexuality. Such a person must learn to control his or her attraction. First Corinthians 6:9 proclai...