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Is Temptation Sin?
A succinct, but long-overdue answer to a pressing theological question.
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"Gay": Identity, or Description?
Adjectives don’t define us; they describe us. And accurate self-description is very important to the Christian life.
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Sexual Orientation Is Not a Social Construct
“Gay Christian” is a legitimate term because some Christians ... are gay.
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Is Sexual Desire Natural?
Experiencing puberty and, thereafter, being subject to sexual attraction is an aspect of human biology. Prior to morality and religion, it occurs by…
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Our Unnatural Nature: On Homosexual Orientation
The category of “sexual orientation” has arisen by scientific observation of fallen, broken nature. And it is nature, in its unnatural condition, that…
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Suffering from Original Sin: Misty Irons on Same-Sex Attraction
The category of "sin" includes an entire dimension of what we are subject to, rather than what is subject to our wills: We suffer from the malady of…
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Nine Gifts the Revoice Conference Gave Me
All of us have a cross to bear and a desire for deep Christian community. The difference between the experiences of gay and straight Christians is…
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Why Am I Going to Revoice?
I am wary of the politics of sexual liberation and gender identity, but my reaction to Revoice should reflect its ministry to Christians experiencing…
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Tim Keller and Kevin DeYoung Miss the Nature of Sexual Desire
Keller and DeYoung are unable to acknowledge that any dimension of desire is part of human nature; this leads them to unbiblical positions both to the…
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Side B Celebrates Same-Sex Attraction. What Could Be More Controversial?
There is another kind of sexual attraction that is universally denigrated in our culture. Those who merely describe it get canceled. What is this…
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Common Grace, Nature, and Our Most Fundamental Identity
In Which I Find Common Ground Between Christian Nationalists and “Side B,” Celibate, Gay Christianity
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Same-Sex Attraction and the Misery of Our Condition
The bare fact that one’s sexual attractions are for members of the same sex is a part of the misery of our condition.
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