Four Faculty Members of Dallas Theological Seminary got together to do two Podcasts to have a Biblical response on the topic of Same-Sex Sexuality. Specifically they are responding to the arguments that some have tried to explain away the verses in the Bible that described Same-Sex Sexuality as a sin.
The four professors are Dr. Darrell Bock, Dr. Robert Chisholm, Dr. Joe Fantin, and Dr. Jay Smith who are from the Old and New Testament department of the Seminary. I appreciate that these are scholars of the Bible giving their input on the text. They examined the biblical passages often brought up on homosexuality. The first video is on on material in the Old Testament while the second video is on the material in the New Testament.
Thanks, Jim. I was able to listen to the OT portion this AM at work.
I enjoyed listening to the OT portion especially with the background and contextual flow of the passage. I thought it was not way over the head of most Christians and yet you get the flow of the passage and why those verses does show same sexual sins are the best way to interpret those passages. I’m in the middle of the New Testament portion now. I’m encouraged to hear you listening to them brother!
Thanks, Jim. Hopefully I can get to the NT video soon. I think I may have mentioned to you that the whole biology/environment debate regarding homosexuality really bothered our previous pastor. It looks like this issue is going to have a huge impact on the church down the road.
I want to make sure I’m reading it right…is the previous pastor inclined to think the biological/environment factor makes it not a sin? I just prayed for him.
He suspected that toxins in the environment were lowering testosterone in men but I don’t know that gay men necessarily have less testosterone. They wouldn’t be interested in sex at all if they had very low testosterone. No, he didn’t say homosexuality was not a sin, he thought biology/environment might predispose a person, much like drug/alcohol addiction, but that a person could still refrain from sinful behavior.