Author Archives: The Briefing

Homosexuality in church

Everyday Ministry

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Elizabeth Moberly, author of Homosexuality, a New Christian Ethic, has this to say about homosexuality:

The secular media could very easily give the impression that all homosexuals support the gay lifestyle, but this is very far from true. Many thousands of homosexuals are not committed to a gay identity. They want change, and they seek help in making this change. People are entitled to make their own choices for their own lives. But the point is that for many homosexuals change is their choice. No-one can be forced to change. However, when people choose change, that choice deserves to be respected and supported.

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Bridging the gap between the Old and New Testament

Thought

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Christians often don’t know what to do with the Old Testament. We know that Jesus has ‘fulfilled’, ‘abolished’ and ‘reinterpreted’ its teaching; but we also know that “all Scripture is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness“ (2 Tim 3:16). So how are the food laws in Leviticus going to train us in righteousness? What kind of rebuke do we get from the elaborate temple descriptions at the end of Ezekiel? Questions like these lead us to push the Old Testament aside. It’s just too obscure, we tell ourselves, and stick with more familiar literature such as the New Testament epistles. We sense a huge gap between the Old and New.

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