Christianity and Homosexuality Reconciled! - Dr Joseph Adam

133 Pages·2016·1.77 MB·English

Christianity and
Homosexuality
Reconciled

New Thinking for a New Millennium!

by

Rev. Joseph Adam Pearson, Ph.D.
Copyright

Copyright © 2021 by Rev. Joseph Adam Pearson, Ph.D.

All rights reserved.

This work is a revision of these earlier versions:

Copyright © 2017 (TX0008375353)
Copyright © 2014 (TX0008250314)
Copyright © 2010 (TX0007334420)
Copyright © 2008 (TX0007219804)
Copyright © 1999 (TX0007459583)

Paper Book ISBN: 9780985772888

Published by
Christ Evangelical Bible Institute
(SAN: 920-3753)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014908419

Last edited on March 5, 2021
Dayton, Tennessee

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Dedication

This work is dedicated to the untold number of gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender(ed) people worldwide who have been rejected,
abused, tormented, and murdered in the name of the Lord God
Almighty and to those who have injured themselves or taken their own
lives because of the pain they experienced from victimization,
oppression, ostracism, and abuse. The message of this work is simple
for those who are still alive and struggle with the unjust condemnation
of others: Take back your lives and be victorious. Today, in Christ
Jesus, you can have new hope!

This work is also dedicated to those in the future who will live in more
sensible times — when Christ Jesus rules on Earth for 1,000 years.

Table of Contents

Copyright ...........................................................................ii
Dedication ........................................................................ iii
Table of Contents ............................................................. v
Foreword ......................................................................... vii
Notes ............................................................................... xi
Chapter One: Reconciliation and Coming Out ............... 1
Chapter Two: Controversial Human Rights Issues in
the Christian Church ............................................ 13
Chapter Three: The Seeming Dilemma ....................... 31
Chapter Four: Sodom and Sodomites Revisited ......... 63
Chapter Five: Levitical Law and Grace ...................... 129
Chapter Six: Christian Ethics and Homosexual
People ............................................................... 191
Afterword .................................................................... 215
Appendix A: Examples of Intersex Categories ............. 217
Appendix B: Question Assignments ............................ 219
Appendix C: Fast Facts for Distribution Purposes ...... 231
About Christianity and Homosexuality .............. 233
The Bible and Transgender(ed) People ........... 236
About Marriage for Homosexual People ........... 239
On the Topic of Misappropriation ...................... 242
Bibliography ................................................................. 247
A Message from Christ Jesus ..................................... 253
Books by the Author .................................................... 255
About the Author ......................................................... 257
Foreword

Dear Reader,

Christianity and Homosexuality Reconciled is a timeless classic whose
paperback and e-book have been updated in 2021. This book was first
copyrighted in 1999 and has been available for free on the internet in
various digitized formats from 1999 up through the publication of this
edition. During that period of time, this book has had hundreds of
thousands of downloads. This book will remain free on the author’s
website in its digitized pdf format because: (1) it is a free-will offering
from the author to the Lord God Almighty; and (2) the information
contained within it needs to be widely disseminated and easily
accessed globally, especially in economically-emerging countries.

This book was written through the prompting and guidance of God’s
Holy Spirit. Therefore, the God of the Holy Bible deserves all praise
for this book because it is He who has blessed the author with:
salvation, spiritual gifts, wisdom, understanding, longevity, and
success as well as all opportunities for education, personal growth, and
Christian ministry. Indeed, this author is grateful that the Lord has
used him in spite of his considerable weaknesses, frailties, and
vulnerabilities.

Because this book needs to be available in pulp print (i.e., in paper
media) to satisfy instructional requirements as well as to satisfy
requests for gift copies and paper copies for highlighting and
handwritten notes during personal study, it is available for purchase
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As an educational textbook, this book is meant to be read, reread, and
studied. I pray that you take to heart the truths contained within it,
that the truths help you to grow spiritually, and that you are inspired
and better prepared to discuss and share these truths with others.

Finally, this book is intended to serve God by serving others and to
serve others by serving God. Although it is the author’s hope that this
book is pleasing to its readers who have struggled with the topic, this
book can have no value unless it first pleases the Lord God Almighty.
Consequently, I submit this book to the God of the Holy Bible for His
approval, and I ask that He bless this book in the name of our Lord
and Savior, Christ Jesus.

Much love in Christ Jesus,

Rev. Joseph Adam Pearson, Ph.D.

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P.S.

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