Is same-sex attraction sinful on this edition of Truth in Love?

I'm Heath Lambert and you're listening to Truth and Love, a podcast of the Association of

Certified Biblical Counselors, where we seek to provide biblical solutions to the problems

that people face. In our contemporary culture, the problem of homosexuality is one that the church

has been forced to address in unprecedented ways. Currently, one of the issues that the church is

addressing is not just the problem of same-sex behavior,

but the attractions and the desires that lead to that behavior.

Our guest today, to help us think through the issue of same-sex attraction, is Dr. Dennyberg,

who's a professor of biblical studies at Southern Seminary and their undergraduate institution,

Boyce College. He's also the author of

What is the Meaning of Sex, as well as the author of a forthcoming book called Transforming

Homosexuality, Living Faithfully with Same Sex Attraction. I'm glad Denny's here with us today to

talk with us about this important issue of attraction and desire that precipitates same-sex behavior.

Dr. Burke, what is same-sex attraction and why is it sinful?

Same-sex attraction is just what it sounds like. It's sexual attraction to persons of the same-sex.

If you listen to the medical authorities, they will define sexuality as one of three things.

A person can experience attraction to the opposite sex, a person can experience attraction to the same sex, or to both sexes.

And they will locate people somewhere along that kind of a spectrum.

Many people experience exclusive attractions to the same sex. Some people experience

attractions to both. But the issue for us, biblically as Christians, is one of the scriptures

teach us about our attractions and do the scriptures teach us how we're to think about this?

And the answer is yes. The answer is that our attractions have a moral component to them. And Jesus himself is perhaps

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