Controversial Christianity – Same Sex Attraction

This sermon is part two of our series titled Controversial Christianity. The purpose of the series is not to provoke, but to approach culturally charged topics with compassion, clarity, and conviction, rooted in Christ’s example and the authority of Scripture.

Two foundational convictions of the church:

1. God’s Word speaks to all controversial topics.
2. The church must model healthier conversations on divisive matters.

The core theme of Tyler’s message is how to hold to biblical truth while engaging with love, especially on issues of sexuality, gender, and identity.

Seven Key Positions

1. Anything less than compassion is not Christian.
2. All Christians are sexually broken, regardless of orientation.
3. Identity is rooted in Christ, not sexuality.
4. Marriage includes gender difference, as designed in Genesis.
5. Sex belongs inside lifelong male-female covenant.
6. Bible consistently prohibits same-sex sexual acts.
7. Global Christian consensus affirms the traditional view across cultures and centuries.

Ultimately, Tyler’s message calls for a church that is both unflinching in its doctrine and radically welcoming in its love, emphasizing that truth without love is damaging, and love without truth is misleading. The final appeal is to reflect Jesus’s example: one of conviction without condemnation and love without compromise.