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Category Archives: Sexuality
242. Romans chapter 1 in outline. What does it tell us about the world today?
Recently someone asked me if I could do an outline of Romans 1 that might be easy to follow. They said that they had read about God giving people up in Romans 1 [in three places] but that didn’t sound … Continue reading
Posted in BIBLE PASSAGE OUTLINES, Bible verses. Comments, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Glorification, Politics, Prayer, Sexuality, Temptations
Tagged culture, faith, gay, Jesus, love, marriage, prayer, relationships, Romans 1, same sex marriage, the world
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241. Homophobia. Who Is Guilty? A Surprising Possibility!
In Australia, we are now in the process of voting in a plebiscite. The question for the plebiscite is this “Should the law be changed to allow same sex couples to marry?” There were many folk who were not in … Continue reading
Posted in BIBLE PASSAGE OUTLINES, Bible verses. Comments, Creation, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Glorification, Politics, Sexuality, Temptations
Tagged culture, faith, gay, holbeck, Jesus, Leviticus 18 and 20, love, marriage, plebiscite, relationships, Romans 1, same sex marriage, the world
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240. If in doubt about a change in the definition of marriage in Australia, don’t vote for change!
In an article in The Australian newspaper on Tuesday 12th September 2017 Joe Kelly and Simon Benson wrote, “Malcolm Turnbull has been accused of handing a “blank cheque” to the parliament after the government declared it would not move to … Continue reading
Posted in BIBLE PASSAGE OUTLINES, Bible verses. Comments, Creation, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Politics, Prayer, Salvation, Sexuality
Tagged Bible, culture, faith, gay, holbeck, Jesus, marriage, Marriage Act 1961, plebiscite, prayer, relationships
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238. The Anglican Church of Australia agrees with me! About same-sex “marriage”.
It’s nice when people agree with you. Especially on sensitive issues! Especially when you are a retired Anglican minister and you want your church to remain faithful to the revealed will of God in the Scriptures! I was going to … Continue reading
Posted in BIBLE PASSAGE OUTLINES, Bible verses. Comments, Creation, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Prayer, Salvation, Sexuality
Tagged Anglican Church of Australia, Bible, culture, faith, gay, General Synod, holbeck, Jesus, love, marriage, ministry, prayer, relationships
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237. What does the Bible say about marriage? Is it just between a man and a woman or can there be other “couplings”? What will a plebiscite do for marriage in Australia?
What is marriage supposed to look like? How do we know what form it should take? Fortunately, we don’t have to guess. God the creator has revealed this to us in His word, which could be called the “Maker’s Handbook.” … Continue reading
236. How Did The World Come To Be In Such A Mess? There is an answer in Romans chapter 1! And a message of hope!
There are many who are saying in 2017 that we are living in an upside down world where “good” is called “evil” and “evil” is called “good”. Others say that the world is in chaos, out of control. Still others … Continue reading
Posted in BIBLE PASSAGE OUTLINES, Bible verses. Comments, Creation, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Politics, Prayer, Salvation, Sanctification, Sexuality, Temptations
Tagged Bible, culture, faith, freedom, gay, holbeck, Jesus, love, marriage, Motivation, praise, prayer, regeneration, relationships, Romans 1, the world
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235. What insight does Romans 1 have to the same sex marriage debate? Does it favour a “Yes” or “No” vote?
In the last few articles I have looked at an article that appeared recently on an ABC website. The writer was attempting to show that the Bible did not argue against same sex marriage. She did correctly emphasise that when … Continue reading
Posted in BIBLE PASSAGE OUTLINES, Bible verses. Comments, Creation, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Healing, Prayer, Salvation, Sexuality
Tagged Bible, culture, faith, gay, grace, holbeck, homosexuality, Jesus, love, marriage, Motivation, occult, peace, prayer, relationships, Romans 1, same sex marriage, the world
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No 234. What the New Testament really says about same sex relationships in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. Why we should vote “No” to change the definition of marriage to include same sex relationships
In previous articles we have looked at a recent article on this topic written by an Australian theologian. She gave some helpful material showing that homosexuality was practised to some extent in both Roman and Greek cultures in New Testament … Continue reading
Posted in BIBLE PASSAGE OUTLINES, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Healing, Politics, Prayer, Salvation, Sanctification, Sexuality, Temptations
Tagged 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 1 Timithoy 1:10-11, ABC, apoloúō, arsenokoítēs, compassion, culture, faith, gay, holbeck, ἀπολούω, ἀρσενοκοίτης, marriage, Motivation, peace, prayer, relationships
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233. What relevance do Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 have to changing the definition of marriage in Australia? Should I vote “Yes” or “No” to same sex ‘marriage’?
As I mentioned in the previous article, the ABC on its website published an article by an Australian theologian which examined some of the Bible’s teaching relating to marriage. Part of that article had these words, “Two of the laws … Continue reading
Posted in BIBLE PASSAGE OUTLINES, Bible verses. Comments, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Healing, Sexuality, Temptations
Tagged ABC, Bible, culture, faith, gay, Jesus, Leviticus 18, Leviticus 20, love, marriage, relationships, same sex marriage
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243. Is The Antichrist At Work In The World Today? (Does this account for the present chaos throughout the world?)
Many people were opposed to Christ during His life on earth. As He said, “He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters .” Mat 12:30 and Lk 11:23. He enlarged on that … Continue reading →