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What Does the Bible Teach
What Does the Bible Teach about Homosexuality?: A Short Book on Biblical Sexuality
God made sexuality. It is a gift and stewardship from God. But there is much more to human identity than sexuality. We were made for eternity, where the church will be married to Christ. Let us look at the words of God about homosexuality and run straight into the arms of Christ, the Savior who welcomes repentant sinners of every kind to a kingdom not built with man’s strength, but with the very power and grace of God.
160 pages, Hardcover
Published May 8, 2020
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About the author
Gavin Peacock
11 books6 followersGavin is associate pastor at Calvary Grace Church of Calgary, and the Director of International Outreach for CBMW. He played football professionally for Chelsea and Newcastle Utd. Owen is Associate Professor of Christian Theology at MBTS in Kansas City, Missouri. He is the Director of the Center for Public Theology at MBTS and author of 'Reenchanting Humanity: A Theology of Mankind'.
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September 7, 2023
Scripture warns, “For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions …” (2 Timothy 4:3, ESV). That time has arrived as few are willing to tolerate truth. Clear views and instruction on homosexuality, as a result, are rare these days. One shining exception to this rule is Owen Strachan and Gavin Peacock. Both writers have earned a reputation for being bold teachers of God’s authoritative Word. In fact, the authors alert their readers in advance to their book “is grounded in the total inspiration, inerrancy, authority, sufficiency, and clarity of the Bible.”
Book 2 in their new trilogy, What Does the Bible Teach About Homosexuality?, is a powder keg of biblical truth, and is filled with bold challenges and strong biblical teaching.
Chapter one surveys the biblical teaching concerning homosexuality. Readers are introduced to the importance of the imago Dei, setting the stage for the crucial instruction concerning complementary unity, complementary polarity in biblical sexuality, and complementary reciprocity. In the end, it is clear what the Scripture teaches about homosexuality: “There is no part of homosexuality that we can distinguish as good.” As difficult as this reality may be, the authors are quick to point readers to the biblical testimony concerning this subject.
Chapter two focuses on the transforming power of the gospel. In this chapter, we not only encounter the heart and soul of the book, but we are also introduced to the driving force and purpose of the authors. It is the gospel that fuels their passion, love for truth, and concern for people who are trapped by homosexual sin:
We conclude that it is pastorally loving and faithful to sound God’s warnings in the right way. We need to let God’s Word rewire our minds, actions, and emotions. The purpose is to save people and bring glory to God and show people that as they live the way God created them to be they will be satisfied. This is our intention in this book.
Chapter three zeroes in on the battle against sexual sin. Clear, practical, and biblical principles are presented for anyone who is struggling with sexual sin. Ultimately, Christ and his gospel is at the center of this fight, one that is explained admirably by the authors. Their straightforward and gracious work will be a great encouragement to anyone who is ready and willing to receive the truth of God’s Word.
Highly recommended by high school and college-aged students.
I received this book free from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review.
Book 2 in their new trilogy, What Does the Bible Teach About Homosexuality?, is a powder keg of biblical truth, and is filled with bold challenges and strong biblical teaching.
Chapter one surveys the biblical teaching concerning homosexuality. Readers are introduced to the importance of the imago Dei, setting the stage for the crucial instruction concerning complementary unity, complementary polarity in biblical sexuality, and complementary reciprocity. In the end, it is clear what the Scripture teaches about homosexuality: “There is no part of homosexuality that we can distinguish as good.” As difficult as this reality may be, the authors are quick to point readers to the biblical testimony concerning this subject.
Chapter two focuses on the transforming power of the gospel. In this chapter, we not only encounter the heart and soul of the book, but we are also introduced to the driving force and purpose of the authors. It is the gospel that fuels their passion, love for truth, and concern for people who are trapped by homosexual sin:
We conclude that it is pastorally loving and faithful to sound God’s warnings in the right way. We need to let God’s Word rewire our minds, actions, and emotions. The purpose is to save people and bring glory to God and show people that as they live the way God created them to be they will be satisfied. This is our intention in this book.
Chapter three zeroes in on the battle against sexual sin. Clear, practical, and biblical principles are presented for anyone who is struggling with sexual sin. Ultimately, Christ and his gospel is at the center of this fight, one that is explained admirably by the authors. Their straightforward and gracious work will be a great encouragement to anyone who is ready and willing to receive the truth of God’s Word.
Highly recommended by high school and college-aged students.
I received this book free from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review.
July 19, 2023
Reading this for a paper I am writing for class. A very short and helpful guide to what Scripture teaches.
July 8, 2020
Simple and to the point for the average layman in the church. No doubt it’s controversial, but we need more bold writings like this on this issue today so that we may speak the truth in love.
Strachan and Peacock urge readers to kill sin at the level of desire, since God’s Word tells us that “each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.” Sin is not only sin when it is acted upon, but we must repent of our own sinful desires too. That includes same-sex attraction (SSA). In Christ, there is freedom from SSA, just like there is freedom from desires for pornography, adultery, and all other sinful desires.
The authors also repeatedly write that if you are in Christ, your identity is in Christ alone and your identity is no longer “a homosexual” or “gay”. After listing those who practice homosexuality along with liars, adulterers, thieves etc., Paul says to the Corinthian believers, “And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”
While I have never struggled with SSA, this book was still an encouragement or me to recognize some of the sinful desires that are in my life even if they are not manifested in a visible act. I was encouraged to repent from those desires and look to Christ, who was made a way out of Sodom for me and you.
Strachan and Peacock urge readers to kill sin at the level of desire, since God’s Word tells us that “each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.” Sin is not only sin when it is acted upon, but we must repent of our own sinful desires too. That includes same-sex attraction (SSA). In Christ, there is freedom from SSA, just like there is freedom from desires for pornography, adultery, and all other sinful desires.
The authors also repeatedly write that if you are in Christ, your identity is in Christ alone and your identity is no longer “a homosexual” or “gay”. After listing those who practice homosexuality along with liars, adulterers, thieves etc., Paul says to the Corinthian believers, “And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”
While I have never struggled with SSA, this book was still an encouragement or me to recognize some of the sinful desires that are in my life even if they are not manifested in a visible act. I was encouraged to repent from those desires and look to Christ, who was made a way out of Sodom for me and you.
September 24, 2020
This book is thoroughly biblical from start to finish. It will prove to be an essential tool to help pastors and lay-leaders alike navigate the “queer culture we breathe” in a positive, joyful, God-glorifying manner that celebrates God’s design and the power of the gospel to transform.
August 31, 2021
Clear and concise. Easy to read unpacking of how our culture has adopted a neo-pagan worldview and has pushed to sell homosexuality as a person's identity rather than a perversion of God's design.
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