Prof. Hanko is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Some who have come to the defense of current views on homosexuality have made use of a distinction which we must consider in this article. The distinction is between the actual act of homosexuality and the tendency towards homosexual behavior. The former is the actual engaging in homosexual behavior; the latter is an inborn tendency towards homosexual behavior which does not necessarily result in performing homosexual acts. The distinction is very common. John R.W. Stott calls attention to this distinction in an article in the November 22,...