LGBTQ and Churches 1: The Scriptures

A hot-button issue in many churches in recent years has been the place of LGBTQ congregants. For progressives, this seems like an obvious justice issue. But for many traditionalists this seems like a holiness issue that the Bible addresses unambiguously. In this episode, Dave Schmelzer offers context to this conversation before offering a scholarly tour through five of the scriptures that commonly come up as he discovers that the Bible is more complex on this than we might think.Mentioned on this podcast:Alongside the many books mentioned during the episode, one helpful exploration of these issues is Ken Wilson's A Letter to My Congregation.