A one-stop compilation of the ten recent posts on Same-Sex Intimacy and the Old Testament
All tagged series 'same-sex and OT'
Same-Sex Intimacy: Nine Reflections
Now that we’ve looked at all four texts with some detail, it seems appropriate to take a step or two back and reflect on the bigger picture that has developed in our study.
The Cards in Your Pocket ... Not up Your Sleeve (Reading the Same-Sex Ban)
I’ve learned that reading is more than objectively assessing the cards lying face-up on the table.
Texas Hold'em and the Same-Sex Ban of Leviticus
Today, we conduct Wrestle Mania II as we reexamine these cards, continue wrestling with the evidence, and seek to understand a second possible conclusion.
Texas Hold'em and the Homosexual Ban of Leviticus
What did these texts communicate in their cultural and literary contexts? Today we examine one response
Gibberish or Shirebbig? Reading the Ban on Male Intercourse in Leviticus
Why bother with cultural and literary contexts when we can read scripture and understand its “obvious” meaning? In concise terms, shortcuts can be dangerous.
Tattoos, Gibberish, and Homosexuality
When reading Scripture we face some questions: does this text state a principle that transcends time and culture? Or does this text wrap cultural clothing around primary principles?
Wisdom and the Emperor's New Clothes
What does wisdom theology have to do with questions surrounding same-sex attraction?
What Not to Wear, Deuteronomy, and the Clarity of Scripture
I admit that it’s easier to read a text a quickly assume we know it’s “clear teaching”; after all, the text says what it means and means what it says, right??
RuPaul and the Clarity of Scripture
I’m confused these days by statements that speak of “clear Biblical teaching” about same-sex attraction.
The Sin of Sodom? (or America?)
In ancient Israel, to call a place Sodom was a major insult. I want to know why? So, as best we can let’s clear the deck of our assumptions and trace what this place/theme means in the Old Testament.