Dr. Bock,

You continue to bring up the matter of greed being equivalent to idolatry, as if this somehow mollifies homosexuality being a particularly heinous sin before God. So, I simply observe that according to Rom. 1:23-27, it would appear that homosexuality is a judgment of God upon the idolatry of unregenerate people. Thus, it is a downward spiral from idolatry to homosexuality: Idolatry in unregenerate people seems to result in homosexuality as a judgment from God, if I am understanding that text correctly.

As far as hell: I don't think that hell is mentioned in most modern presentations of the gospel. So I don't think that there is any sort of emphasis given to hell; although it is true that some presentations of the gospel (such as Evangelism Explosion, to which you alluded) present a vague loss of heaven as motivation for receiving Christ.

I hesitate to tread on an area in which you specialize, namely the book of Acts, since I certainly haven't done a fraction of the kind of research that you have done into it. However, would it be fair to say that the book of Acts reveals that the apostles themselves didn't hesitate to warn people about such things as a day of judgment as an inducement to people to receive Jesus?

I will let these comments be my last words on these matters in this blog.