Can Christians experience same-sex attraction? How should Christians respond to same-sex attraction? In this video, Sam Allberry explains that Christians can experience same-sex attraction because no Christian is exempt from temptation. Scripture proves that no Christian is exempt from temptation, and as such, we can expect to be tempted by sins such as same-sex attraction. Allberry remarks that the problem is not the reality that Christians will be tempted, but the necessity of a biblically-founded response when temptation arrives.
- Not Exempt from Temptation
- Necessity of Response
Can Christians Experience Same-Sex Attraction?
We are all affected by different aspects of the fall so we find ourselves experiencing different kinds of temptation as Christians, and so I don’t think we can say Christians will be exempt from this particular form of temptation. We’re going to experience temptation. The issue is how we then respond to it.
Sam Allberry is a pastor, apologist, and speaker. He is the author of 7 Myths About Singleness, Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With?, and, most recently, What God Has to Say About Our Bodies. He is in the process of moving to the United States to join the staff at Immanuel Nashville, is a Canon Theologian for the Anglican Church in North America, and is the co-host (with Ray Ortlund) of TGC’s podcast You’re Not Crazy: Gospel Sanity for Young Pastors.
