Homosexuality & Romans 1:18 - 32
The Churches continue to persist in willful ignorance & injustice regarding LGBTQ people. In order to counter this, let’s interrogate the text of Romans 1:18 - 32 as if we are doing catechesis. What is the purpose of the created order according to Romans 1:20? To testify to the existence, INVISIBLE attributes of God, & to God’s authority. Why is God’s wrath revealed from heaven? Because people have (since the Fall) been deliberately suppressing the truth about God’s existence, INVISIBLE attributes, & authority by way of substituting the VISIBLE attributes of the created order, especially those of people & animals. How did people in the ancient world wind up with idols that looked like people & animals? They looked to the created order & used its VISIBLE attributes as the basis of their theology, philosophy, & ethics. What sort of theology, philosophy, & ethics? According...