Bishop Tom Wright wants the Church to have a reasonable debate on the
topic of homosexuality in place of the current "shouting match." While
acknowledging the complexity of the issue, he identifies the central
question to be addressed, "What things about a person's humanity need to
be celebrated and what need to be repented of--and how do you tell the
difference?" A thoughtful discussion on this question must then be
framed by an understanding of God's created order as revealed in
Genesis 1 and 2, along with the historical knowledge that the Apostle
Paul and his contemporaries in the ancient world would have been as
aware of the reality of homosexuality as we are today.
Part of an interview by Dr. Tod Bolsinger, Senior Pastor of San Clemente Presbyterian Church, at the Pastors Retreat of the Los Ranchos Presbytery held at the Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. Bishop N.T. Wright is the Bishop of Durham in the Church of England.
Part of an interview by Dr. Tod Bolsinger, Senior Pastor of San Clemente Presbyterian Church, at the Pastors Retreat of the Los Ranchos Presbytery held at the Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. Bishop N.T. Wright is the Bishop of Durham in the Church of England.
Well, my first thought is that we know quite a bit more now about sexual orientation than people, even learned people, knew at the time of Paul. Our inability to talk about sexual orientation and how it works consistently undermines the validity of any attempted discussion of the morality of sexual relationships between individuals of the same gender.
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