This film claims the word ‘homosexuals’ shouldn’t be in our Bibles. Did translators get it wrong?
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David Instone-Brewer2022-11-24T09:29:00
Most churches in the world today preach that homosexuality is a sin, citing biblical references to support their case. But what if the word “homosexual” was added to the Bible by mistake? That’s the claim of a new documentary film, 1946. Premier Christianity’s resident Bible scholar, David Instone Brewer, went to see it
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