by Stephen Belsheim | Aug 17, 2020 | LGBTQ
The Bible presents the account of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18:16-19:29. According to Bishop Wilke, it is “easy” to see that the sin of Sodom was not homosexual activity, but the inhospitality of the people of Sodom because they wanted to rape and humiliate...
by Stephen Belsheim | Aug 17, 2020 | LGBTQ
The pro-LGBTQ faction minimizes the importance of Scripture that addresses homosexual conduct. They appear to do this in a number of ways. First, the pro-LGBTQ agenda downplays the Scriptures that speak to homosexual practice by characterizing them as a...
by Stephen Belsheim | Aug 16, 2020 | LGBTQ
The pro-LGBTQ faction of the UMC advances the “God made me this way” (GMMTW) argument as support. As Robert Gagnon wrote in an email of September 8, 2011 (see his website): The argument that “God made me this way” is a bad one. The essence of the GMMTW argument...
by Stephen Belsheim | Aug 15, 2020 | LGBTQ
In this article, I explain why the pro-LGBTQ faction of the UMC is wrong to euphemistically characterize the physicality of homosexual sex, as well as those who engage in homosexual sexual activities. Basically, this means that they use agreeable or...
by Stephen Belsheim | Jun 27, 2020 | LGBTQ
INTRODUCTION In the first article, I defined Bible engagement, and the necessary steps to determine if a situation is a Bible engagement crisis. In the second article, I explained why the Bible mandates that a Christian practice Bible engagement that satisfies...
by Stephen Belsheim | Apr 20, 2020 | LGBTQ
Introduction This is the seventh article in a ten part series about why the UMC split over the issue of homosexual practice is a Bible engagement crisis. In the first two articles, I defined Bible engagement, and the steps in a process to determine if a...
