Homosexuality ‘It’s never going to happen. And when it does…’ 1 Cor 6:9 – ‘malakoi’ and ‘arsenokoitai’ 2 Samuel 1:26 – ‘More special than the love of women’ Adelphopoiesis: ‘the making of brothers’ Cake decoration for beginners Children need fathers CMS rethinks Greenbelt seminars Does ‘gay conversion therapy’ cause harm? Domesticating the Bible’s teaching on homosexuality Genesis 19 – What was the sin of Sodom? God’s good plan for men and women: our unfinished business Homosexual practice – a moral or social issue? Homosexual relations: the argument about justice and rights Homosexual relationships How Scripture frames the discussion of homosexuality Is the Bible at odds with itself? Jesus: inclusive or exclusive? Jude 7 – ‘Unnatural desire’ Justice, equality, and fairness Leviticus 18:22; 20:13 – Homosexual acts prohibited? LGBT: what does it mean to be ‘welcoming but not affirming’? Luke 7:2 – ‘Highly valued servant’ or ‘gay lover’? Matthew 7:16,20 – ‘You will recognise them by their fruit’ Matthew 8:5/Luke 7:7 – son? servant? male lover? Nine arguments for a ‘non-affirming’ position on same-sex relations Once again: the slaves/homosexuality trajectory argument Pray to be gay? Romans 1:26-27 – ‘Natural’ and ‘unnatural’ sexual relations Same-sex attraction and the church Same-sex marriage: not near so much like a ball Sexuality: is Paul’s teaching clear? Ten reasons not to legalise same-sex marriage The Bible and same-sex relationships The Bible is a heterosexual book Who was inciting whom?