Sex and Homosexuality - Sexo y Homosexualidad
What God Says About Sex
Written by Sue Bohlin
The Pickle Principle
It's
not surprising that in a time of growing biblical illiteracy, so few
people have any idea what God thinks and says about the extremely
important subject of sex. The world holds the Christian view of sex in
contempt, considering it prudish, naïve and repressive. But the Bible
elevates sexuality as God's gift to us that is both sacred and
mysterious. The world's perspective degrades it to just something that
feels good—another form of recreation or socialization.
Counselor Waylon Ward offers an insightful way to understand the problem, which he calls "the Pickle Principle." In order to make pickles, we put cucumbers in a brine solution of vinegar, spices, and water. After a cucumber soaks in the brine long enough, it is changed into a pickle. Most of us are like pickles. We sit in the brine of a sex-saturated culture, absorbing its values and beliefs, and it changes the way we think. Even most Christians are pickled today, believing and acting exactly like everyone else who has been sitting in the brine of a culture hostile to God and His Word.
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4218327/k.5CB9/What_God_Says_About_Sex.htm
The Pickle Principle
Counselor Waylon Ward offers an insightful way to understand the problem, which he calls "the Pickle Principle." In order to make pickles, we put cucumbers in a brine solution of vinegar, spices, and water. After a cucumber soaks in the brine long enough, it is changed into a pickle. Most of us are like pickles. We sit in the brine of a sex-saturated culture, absorbing its values and beliefs, and it changes the way we think. Even most Christians are pickled today, believing and acting exactly like everyone else who has been sitting in the brine of a culture hostile to God and His Word.
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4218327/k.5CB9/What_God_Says_About_Sex.htm
Why Wait Till Marriage?
Written by Jimmy Williams, revised by Jerry Solomon
Crucial moral battles are being fought in our culture. Nowhere is this seen more vividly than in the present sexual attitudes and behaviors of Americans. The average young person experiences many pressures in the formation of personal sexual standards and behavior.
The fact that some standard must be chosen cannot be ignored. Sex is here to stay, and it remains a very basic force in our lives. We cannot ignore its presence any more than we can ignore other ordinary human drives.
This essay explores contemporary sexual perspectives within a biblical framework. Each of us needs to think through the implications of sexual alternatives and choose a personal sexual ethic based on intellectual and Christian factors, not merely biological, emotional, or social ones.
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4218319/k.61C0/Why_Wait_Till_Marriage.htm
Crucial moral battles are being fought in our culture. Nowhere is this seen more vividly than in the present sexual attitudes and behaviors of Americans. The average young person experiences many pressures in the formation of personal sexual standards and behavior.
The fact that some standard must be chosen cannot be ignored. Sex is here to stay, and it remains a very basic force in our lives. We cannot ignore its presence any more than we can ignore other ordinary human drives.
This essay explores contemporary sexual perspectives within a biblical framework. Each of us needs to think through the implications of sexual alternatives and choose a personal sexual ethic based on intellectual and Christian factors, not merely biological, emotional, or social ones.
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4218319/k.61C0/Why_Wait_Till_Marriage.htm
Cohabitation
Written by Kerby Anderson
Introduction
"Cohabitation is replacing marriage as the first living together experience for young men and women." And those who live together before they get married are putting their future marriage in danger. Those are some of the conclusions by sociologists David Popenoe and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead in their study for the National Marriage Project.{1}
In this article we are going to talk about this social phenomenon of cohabitation. It used to be called "living in sin" or "shacking up." Today, it has been replaced by more neutral terms like "living together" or "cohabitation." For this article, I will use the term cohabitation since it is the generally accepted term in society and law. Cohabitation has been defined as "two unrelated persons of the opposite sex who share common living arrangements in a sexually intimate relationship without legal or religious sanction."{2}
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4219319/k.957C/Cohabitation.htm
Introduction
"Cohabitation is replacing marriage as the first living together experience for young men and women." And those who live together before they get married are putting their future marriage in danger. Those are some of the conclusions by sociologists David Popenoe and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead in their study for the National Marriage Project.{1}
In this article we are going to talk about this social phenomenon of cohabitation. It used to be called "living in sin" or "shacking up." Today, it has been replaced by more neutral terms like "living together" or "cohabitation." For this article, I will use the term cohabitation since it is the generally accepted term in society and law. Cohabitation has been defined as "two unrelated persons of the opposite sex who share common living arrangements in a sexually intimate relationship without legal or religious sanction."{2}
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4219319/k.957C/Cohabitation.htm
Homosexuality - Helpful Web Ministries
http://www.homosexuals-anonymous.com/
http://desertstream.org/
http://www.newhope123.org
Homosexual Myths
Written by Sue Bohlin
This article is also available in Spanish.
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4219057/k.94C2/Homosexual_Myths.htm
This article is also available in Spanish.
In this essay we'll be looking at some of the homosexual myths that have pervaded our culture, and hopefully answering their arguments. Much of this material is taken from Joe Dallas' excellent book, A Strong Delusion: Confronting the "Gay Christian" Movement.(1) While the information in this essay may prove helpful, it is our prayer that you will be able to share it calmly and compassionately, remembering that homosexuality isn't just a political and moral issue; it is also about people who are badly hurting.
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4219057/k.94C2/Homosexual_Myths.htm
Homosexuality: Questions and Answers
Written by Sue Bohlin
Q. Some people say homosexuality is natural and moral; others say it is unnatural and immoral. How do we know?
A. Our standard can only be what God says. In Romans 1 we read,
God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion (Rom 1:26-27).
So even though homosexual desires feel natural, they are actually unnatural, because God says they are. He also calls all sexual involvement outside of marriage immoral. (There are 44 references to fornication—sexual immorality—in the Bible.) Therefore, any form of homosexual activity, whether a one-night stand or a long-term monogamous relationship, is by definition immoral—just as any abuse of heterosexuality outside of marriage is immoral.
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4219003/k.48D4/Homosexuality_Questions_and_Answers.htm
Q. Some people say homosexuality is natural and moral; others say it is unnatural and immoral. How do we know?
A. Our standard can only be what God says. In Romans 1 we read,
God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion (Rom 1:26-27).
So even though homosexual desires feel natural, they are actually unnatural, because God says they are. He also calls all sexual involvement outside of marriage immoral. (There are 44 references to fornication—sexual immorality—in the Bible.) Therefore, any form of homosexual activity, whether a one-night stand or a long-term monogamous relationship, is by definition immoral—just as any abuse of heterosexuality outside of marriage is immoral.
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4219003/k.48D4/Homosexuality_Questions_and_Answers.htm
Can Homosexuals Change?
Written by Sue Bohlin
This article is also available in Spanish.
Is It Possible for Homosexuals to Change?
Mike{1} was marching in a Gay Pride parade when God got a hold of him. He had been high for four days and his "buzz" suddenly evaporated as he heard a voice in his head say, "You don't have to live like this." He knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was God offering him a way out. He put down his Gay Pride sign, left the parade, sat down in a nearby stairwell, and repented of his rebellion. He gave his heart to Jesus Christ and starting walking out of homosexuality that day. Today, several years later, he is married with a child, and living a very different kind of life. Not just on the outside; his heart was changed from the inside out.
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4219369/k.6288/Can_Homosexuals_Change.htm
This article is also available in Spanish.
Is It Possible for Homosexuals to Change?
Mike{1} was marching in a Gay Pride parade when God got a hold of him. He had been high for four days and his "buzz" suddenly evaporated as he heard a voice in his head say, "You don't have to live like this." He knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was God offering him a way out. He put down his Gay Pride sign, left the parade, sat down in a nearby stairwell, and repented of his rebellion. He gave his heart to Jesus Christ and starting walking out of homosexuality that day. Today, several years later, he is married with a child, and living a very different kind of life. Not just on the outside; his heart was changed from the inside out.
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4219369/k.6288/Can_Homosexuals_Change.htm