Dr. Bock:

Thank you for your response to my comments. Concerning what you said about homosexuality, I am in total agreement with you that all of us need the grace of God--probably more than we are willing to admit, either to ourselves or to God, as the vice lists you mentioned, or even the Sermon on the Mount, reveal. We are all sinners in need of God's grace.

However, it seems to me that the Scriptures actually portray homosexuality as a particularly heinous sin to God (e. g., Jude 7, although a number of Scripture passages in both Old and New Testaments seem to indicate that this is a particularly abhorrent sin to God). It seems to be an indicator of grave moral decline, as Rom. 1 seems to indicate. If I am correct in discerning this, I believe that it is particularly heinous to God, both because it is sexual in nature, and even more than that, because it is unnatural and contrary to nature.

As for the subject of hell in presenting the gospel, I agree that it is greatly preferable if a person responds to the positive offer of the gospel--the entering in, as you mentioned. However, if a person will not respond to the goodness of God, should we neglect warning such a person of the dreadful consequences of their rejection of the grace of God?