CONTENTS

Foreword by Wesley Hill

Preface

1: “MY NAME WAS FAGGOT”

2: HOLY OTHERNESS: Is Male and Female Sexual Difference Necessary for Marriage?

3: FROM SEX IN THE CITY TO LAW & ORDER: Homosexuality in the Old Testament

4: RATED R: Homosexuality in Judaism and Greco-Roman Culture

5: WHOM WOULD JESUS LOVE? Homosexuality and the Savior

6: FALL SHORT OF GOD’S GLORY: Homosexual and Heterosexual Sins in Romans 1

7: LOST IN TRANSLATION: Homosexuality in 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10

INTERLUDE: A SUMMARY

8: “BORN THIS WAY”: Does God Make People Gay?

9: GAY AND CHRISTIAN: Can Someone Be Both?

10: ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS: What Does Christian Faithfulness Look Like?

Afterword: The Challenge

Appendix: Five Affirming Interpretations of Romans 1

Notes