Bill Loader
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Oct 14, 2026
Robert GagnonGUEST
There's no doubt about what this means.
Robert GagnonGUEST
Earlier I mentioned William Loader, Australian biblical scholar who's written all these works on sexual ethics in early Judaism and Christianity, who's thoroughly supportive of same-sex intercourse.
Robert GagnonGUEST
And yet he admits, in talking about 1 Corinthians 6:9, "Malakoi and arsenokoitai are not limited to exploitative participants in male homosexual practice." He says, "The term arsenokoitai, men lying with a male, was certainly not limited to pederasty, adult-adolescent sex.
Robert GagnonGUEST
Exploitation was a common feature in most same-sex encounters, but not all.
Robert GagnonGUEST
That's extraordinary.
Robert GagnonGUEST
Um, I debated once, not d- well, it was really more, it was more, it was a National Society of Biblical Literature meeting in Baltimore, and a scholar by the name of William Loader, who is an Australian New Testament scholar, had written a book called The New Testament and Sexuality.
Robert GagnonGUEST
Uh, he has actually written more on sexual ethics in early Judaism and early Christianity than anyone who's ever lived, and there's some very significant works that he's written.
Robert GagnonGUEST
However, his own personal view on the specific question of homosexual practice is he supports it.