I write a daily e-mail devotional called The Word Today, addressing current issues in spiritual perspective.  Last year a number of readers asked me to discuss the subject of homosexuality in biblical context.  The ordination of Gene Robinson by the Episcopal Church was the presenting issue, but the larger question transcends any particular denomination or individual.  In brief, what does the Bible say on this divisive subject?

On such a controversial and emotional issue, we need to know whose word we are going to trust.  We can find scholars who support any of the variety of positions which are advocated on the subject.  It is not my intention to treat fully the multitude of interpretive comments which deal with the biblical texts on the subject.  My goal is simply to review what the Bible says about homosexuality, as clearly, succinctly, and practically as possible.