tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13206875.post6422842168184058242..comments2023-03-27T05:18:35.108-07:00Comments on Envision Presentations: Homosexuality and the BibleJames T Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870789574689752112noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13206875.post-32094463795598173202011-03-15T09:13:19.797-07:002011-03-15T09:13:19.797-07:00I think when we start seeing ourselves as whole pe...I think when we start seeing ourselves as whole people it's not surprising that our genes and our predisposition to sin line up. Paul's "thorn" didn't give him license to sin, but rather the need to let God give him strength. <br /><br />What if (and this is a big IF), what if Paul struggled with homosexual attraction? We know he never married. We know he struggled with sin that was shameful to him and that plagued him his whole life (Rom. 7, 2 Cor. 12). I'm not saying that he lived in sin, but there's evidence that it might have been a struggle for him.James T Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13870789574689752112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13206875.post-64803340333710219452011-03-14T19:13:18.609-07:002011-03-14T19:13:18.609-07:00In this life, at least, our main purpose is certai...In this life, at least, our main purpose is certainly not to be personally happy. I had another question for you though James that relates to genetics. I've heard that alcoholics also often tend to have predisposed genetic tenancies. I bet if we really looked for it, we could find that all of us have certain sins that we struggle with that probably have something to do with our genetic make up. This is just a hypothesis, but I wonder what you might think? All of us are predisposed to certain sins and some of us have greater obstacles to overcome than others but I don't think that gives us an excuse to give in to sin.PastorGregOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755409080252934679noreply@blogger.com