In the fall of 2023, the leadership of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists launched a campaign to counter the growing criticism of its denial of biological causes for sexual orientations, its assertion of their changeability, and its theological rejection of same-sex monogamous relationships. However, already at the beginning of that year, the editors of this book had decided to ask Adventist scholars in Germany and elsewhere to present alternative views in order to promote a more balanced discussion of these issues. Therefore, this second, expanded edition was printed.