Original upload date: Mon, 11 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 23:21:12 GMT
Biola University is committed to encouraging healthy dialogue within our community on the sensitive topic of sexual identity — a topic of increasing importance in our culture. As a biblically centered
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institution, we believe it is essential for our thinking on this issue to be guided first and foremost by the teachings of Scripture. To that end, the university recently published a faculty-authored position paper that articulates Biola’s understanding of the biblical teaching on same-sex behavior.
In connection with the release of this paper, Biola hosted a public conversation on Oct. 7 with noted authors Wesley Hill and Justin Lee, who offered varying perspectives on what it means to live as a biblically faithful Christian who experiences same-sex attraction.
We began the evening by restating Biola's Scriptural perspective on human sexuality, and the event was moderated by our Provost and Senior Vice President, David Nystrom (himself a New Testament scholar).
By engaging different viewpoints, the “How Do We Love?” event helped to model for our students how to have an intelligent, respectful conversation with those who believe differently, even as we remain firmly committed to our own biblical convictions.
Biola’s “Position Paper on Same-Sex Behavior” can be found online at http://static.biola.edu/studentlife/media/downloads/BiolaDocs/same-sex-behavior-biola-position-paper.pdf.
