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Either we have to find another word to represent the sexuality of people like my son or we have to acknowledge that ‘abomination’ has a variety of meanings just like the word ‘cowardly.’ Maybe the newest translation of 1 Cor. 6:9 [NRSV] says it best when it uses the terms male prostitutes and sodomites which could imply that there exists homo-naturals who are not offensive. The translators probably didn’t intend to allow my interpretation, but real love would make that distinction.

Words are what we use to label ideas and actions. We do a terrible injustice to innocent people when we use general words to describe every specific situation. Real love would find a way to criticize a behavior it knows God does not like without attacking a behavior he very well might approve of. “Homosexual” is a word far too narrow as it is being used today.

If you ever have a church hymnal in front of you, look up There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy in the index and then look up the hymn. If the song has 5 verses printed, most likely verses 3 and 4 speak to the subject of this chapter. Many hymnals leave these verses out, probably because they consider them too radical.