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“If we were blind to all the other ways in which God is kind, joyful, and generous and loves to delight us, the physiology of human sexuality ought to set us straight.”
― Tim Gallant, Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1

“Just as freedom for a fish is freedom to live within the water and not on dry land, so freedom for the image-bearers of God is freedom to live within His orbit of glory and not within the vanity of some attempted (and impossible) independence. In the end, rebellion does not result in freedom from God (which is utterly impossible); it simply results in captivity to sin and death.”
― Tim Gallant, Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1

“They can still see and taste and smell, and they can still make logical deductions and inductions—again, rebellion usually robs men neither of their physical senses, nor of their intelligence. It robs them of their fundamental wisdom, which is not the same thing.”
― Tim Gallant, Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1

“Though James’s example in James 2 deals explicitly with the distinction made between the rich and poor, we can easily see that James’s concern can be extended to other superficial differences in the makeup of our communities, be it race, age, education, physical attractiveness or any other variation that may cause us to favor one over another, whether in formal and standardized ways or informal and subtle ones.”
― Jeffrey Meyers, Wisdom for Dissidents: The Epistle of James Through New Eyes