Didn’t expect this leftist garbage from a Baptist church.
Edit: thanks for the support pedes. My faith in God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit is not diminished. I’m just disappointed in the pastor. I will keep looking for a church that is rooted in God only.
Here is a translation from the Greek from a scholar that is very expert in the Greek of that era, that pertains to the bullet items I listed:
When I did the search "pederasty definition" this is the top listing that came up:
ped•er•as•ty n. Unnatural carnal union of males with males, especially boys. n. Sexual activity between two males; sodomy; the “crime against nature“; -- used especially when one partner is a boy. n. Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
Thank you, I appreciate the answer. With the information you gave, I have found this in support.
http://facsimiliter.com/Documents/DidacheIlnr.htm
You might be wondering if the phrase "do not abort a fetus" is really an accurate translation. Here is what the scholar that did this translation has to say when asked that question: