{"id":7781,"date":"2006-11-11T21:34:27","date_gmt":"2006-11-12T03:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=7781"},"modified":"2019-08-19T21:40:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T02:40:04","slug":"where-does-the-bible-talk-about-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-does-the-bible-talk-about-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Where does the Bible talk about homosexuality?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I saw your email on a Christian site that talked about homosexuality issues and so I wonder what your thoughts are on same-sex romantic love, if you think this is a sin, and where are we told this in the Bible?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>A direct answer can be found in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-kinds-of-homosexuality-does-the-bible-mention\/\">What kinds of homosexuality does the Bible mention?<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-same-gender-love-wrong\/\">Is same-gender love wrong?<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 See also other posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/tag\/homosexuality\/\">homosexuality<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I saw your email on a Christian site that talked about homosexuality issues and so I wonder what your thoughts are on same-sex romantic love, if you think this is a sin, and where are we told this in the Bible? Answer: A direct answer can be found in &#8220;What kinds of homosexuality does&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-7781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-homosexuality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2975,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-does-the-bible-say-homosexuality-is-a-sin\/","url_meta":{"origin":7781,"position":0},"title":"Where does the Bible say homosexuality is a sin?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 26, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I saw your email in a Christian site which was also on homosexuality, I decided to write. I wondered if you believe it is a sin as I can't find any passages on gay love to show that it's a sin anywhere. Answer: A previous question, \"What kinds of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15740,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-does-it-say-that-a-person-who-approves-of-homosexuality-is-also-condemned\/","url_meta":{"origin":7781,"position":1},"title":"Where does it say that a person who approves of homosexuality is also condemned?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I'm certain that the Bible tells us that he who approves of homosexuality is condemned also, I just can't seem to find it anywhere. Can you help me with that? Answer: The passage you are looking for is in the last half of Romans 1 where Paul details the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8726,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-lasciviousness-mean\/","url_meta":{"origin":7781,"position":2},"title":"What does lasciviousness mean?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 20, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What does lasciviousness mean? And does it speak clearly in the Bible about homosexuality? Answer: Lasciviousness, licentiousness, lewdness, or sensuality, depending on the translation of your Bible, means being wanton, lewd, or lustful. 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