TY - BOOK AU - LeFebvre,Michael ED - Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. TI - The Gospel & sexual orientation: a testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America SN - 9781884527371 AV - BR115.H6 R43 2012 U1 - 241.66 KW - Homosexuality KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America KW - Gender identity in the Bible KW - fast N1 - "This report, which first was originally published in the 2011 Minutes of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, has been copyedited ... and may differ in minor aspects from the original."--Title page verso; "At the Synod of 2011, this document was unaminously adopted as a denominational testimony on the Gospel and sexual orientation."--Foreword; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction and terminology -- Biology, gender, and the biblical doctrine of man -- Personality traits and the multiplication of gender categories -- Hermeneutical issues of the homosexuality debate -- Exegesis and confessional statements : Gen. 1:27-28; 2:20-25 -- the creation of man ; Gen. 19:1-29 -- Sodom and Gomorrah ; Judg. 19:1-30 -- The Levite's concubine ; Lev. 18:22; 20:13 -- The Mosaic prohibitions ; I Cor. 6:9-11 -- Paul's list of defilements ; I Tim. 1:8-11 -- Paul's applications of the Ten Commandments ; Jude 5-7 -- Sodom and Gomorrah, remembered ; Rom 1:26-27 -- Paul on unnatural desire ; Other texts: Gen. 9:20-27 -- Ham's offense against Noah ; 2 Sam. 1:26 -- David's love for Jonathan ; Confessional standards (WLC 139; WCF 24.1; RPT 24.2) -- Pastoral implications : Preliminary considerations ; Points of guidance ; Select, annotated bibliography ER -