by Stephen Belsheim | Oct 8, 2020 | LGBTQ
INTRODUCTION God revealed His strong condemnation of homosexual sex by placing Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13 in the same category as His condemnation of the first tier sin of bestiality per Leviticus 18:23 and Leviticus 20:15. God characterized bestiality...
by Stephen Belsheim | Sep 25, 2020 | LGBTQ
The essence of the second fundamental argument by the pro-LGBTQ faction is that the context of the Levitical Holiness Code shows it was peculiar to the times to separate the Jews from the surrounding pagan nations. Bishop Wilke says: This code was designed for...
by Stephen Belsheim | Sep 17, 2020 | LGBTQ
The pro-LGBTQ faction is wrong to discard Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13 from the Bible for the 21st Century. As I can best ascertain, the pro-LGBTQ faction advances two fundamental arguments. The first uses an unusual “three bucket”...
by Stephen Belsheim | Sep 14, 2020 | LGBTQ
According to the pro-LGBTQ faction of the UMC, people ought to affirm and assimilate homosexuals into the church because (1) Jesus focused on the marginalized, (2) Jesus placed kindness and acceptance over custom and social norms, and (3) Jesus emphasized...
by Stephen Belsheim | Sep 12, 2020 | LGBTQ
The Pro-LGBTQ faction of the UMC uses two analogies to support their argument in support of the acceptance of homosexual practice. One has to do with women’s role in the church and the other pertains to slavery. In reference to the analogy to women in the...
by Stephen Belsheim | Sep 10, 2020 | LGBTQ
The Pro-LGBTQ faction argues with respect to Romans 1:24-32 that Paul was familiar with only two kinds of homosexual activity (1) wealthy Greeks would buy young boys as slave and sexually exploit them, and (2) part of the Greek-Roman world would go to male and female...
