by Stephen Belsheim | Feb 28, 2021 | LGBTQ
In my original blog article of February 12, 2021 entitled “My Thoughts about Max Lucado’s Apology to the Washington National Cathedral” (link My Thoughts about Max Lucado’s Apology to the Washington National Cathedral | Steve Belsheim ) , I mentioned that Max’s 2004...
by Stephen Belsheim | Feb 20, 2021 | LGBTQ
INTRODUCTION On February 15, 2021, I looked at the headlines in an email from Christian News Now. The first headline read “Max Lucado Apologizes for Past Sermon on Homosexuality After Critics Slam National Cathedral Invitation” (link: Max Lucado apologizes for...
by Stephen Belsheim | Oct 13, 2020 | LGBTQ
INTRODUCTION A Bible engagement crisis exists when a person or a group advocates an interpretation of Scripture that negatively impacts or erects an obstacle to someone being saved. In this situation, the crisis is due to the fact the pro-LGBTQ faction of the...
by Stephen Belsheim | Oct 11, 2020 | LGBTQ
INTRODUCTION Paul’s allusions in Romans 1:18-32 to language from Leviticus 18 and 20 in the LXX (the Septuagint which is the Greek translation of the Old Testament) show that the prohibition against homosexual sex was alive and well when Paul wrote Romans. These...
by Stephen Belsheim | Oct 10, 2020 | LGBTQ
INTRODUCTION One cannot ignore the fact that Jude 7 and 2 Peter 2:6-7 have always shined a negative light on the homoerotic nature of the Sodom account. The negative interpretation of the Sodom account by these two New Testament texts shows that the pro-LGBTQ...
by Stephen Belsheim | Oct 9, 2020 | LGBTQ
INTRODUCTION The pro-LGBTQ faction of the UMC is wrong to dismiss Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13 from the Bible for the 21st Century because of the close connection between homosexual sex and idolatry. God’s condemnation of idolatry goes beyond the time...
