Answering Society's Questions about Homosexuality

More and more attention is being focused by the media on Christian attitudes toward homosexuality. And that means that it's not only journalists asking Christian leaders questions, but increasingly we're all being asked about this issue as we attempt to take the truth of the gospel to an unbelieving world.

Tolerance is one of the most prized values in our society today. Christians, however, are routinely portrayed as intolerant. As a result many people don't even want to give a hearing to the Christian message, for intolerance is, after all, one of our societies biggest 'sins'.

Trevin Wax has written up how he wishes a TV interview of a pastor on the subject of homosexuality would go. In it he gets across that its not about Christians being intolerant (in fact, he turns the tables on the interviewer, pointing out how society can be intolerant of Christian beliefs). He articulates well that Christians are not singling out one sin, but calling all sinners (including ourselves) to a life of repentance.

Trevin's imaginary interview looks at and responds to all the questions on this issue that come up again and again as we try to engage in evangelism. So, it's well worth a read to see an example of how to respond graciously, all the while bringing the focus back to the gospel.