“Hershey and Oxford confess to being “gay Christians.” That’s important to know because it reveals their bias up-front. The “gay Christian” movement is notorious for pushing the narrative that there’s been a decades-long conspiracy to make the Bible anti-gay. The reality is that the “gay Christians” are the ones attempting to make the Bible pro-gay. The most prominent voice in this movement has been Matthew Vines, who has refused to engage any true biblical scholar over the way he twists Scripture.”
(Gabriel Hughes – The Midwestern Baptist) The following is a question I was asked by a listener of the WWUTT podcast. I mentioned on that I would answer it on my blog. Here is the question and my response.
Hi PG,
I enjoy your podcast, especially the Friday editions! I have a question that has to do with an article that was gaining steam around the internet about a year ago and I’ve seen it come back recently. The topic is about homosexuality and the word used in the Bible for homosexuals. The point of the article was that the original language used in the “clobber verses” was a different word in the earlier translations that meant “boy molesters,” and it was changed to homosexual in 1946.
Here’s the link to the article. Is that true?
Many thanks,
Matt, North Carolina
Thanks for your question, Matt! The article you linked to is entitled Has “Homosexual” Always Been in the Bible? published on March 21, 2019 to the website Forge, a site committed to “resources for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church.” The founder of Forge, Justin Hershey, interviewed Ed Oxford about a new book he is publishing, Forging a Sacred Weapon: How the Bible Became Anti-Gay.
Hershey and Oxford confess to being “gay Christians.” That’s important to know because it reveals their bias up-front. The “gay Christian” movement is notorious for pushing the narrative that there’s been a decades-long conspiracy to make the Bible anti-gay. The reality is that the “gay Christians” are the ones attempting to make the Bible pro-gay. The most prominent voice in this movement has been Matthew Vines, who has refused to engage any true biblical scholar over the way he twists Scripture.
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