LGBT history with "brimstone and fire, from the Lord" and the death penalty was prescribed to its inhabitants and to Lot's wife who was tuned into a pillar of salt because she turned back to watch the cities' destruction. In Deuteronomy 22:5, cross-dressing is condemned as "abominable". Middle Assyrian Law Codes dating 1075 BC states: "If a man have intercourse with his brother-in-arms, they shall turn him into a eunuch". In Japan, several Heian diaries which contain references to homosexual acts exist as well. Some of these also contain references to emperors involved in homosexual relationships and to "handsome boys retained for
Back to the Bible as senior pastor, but Back to the Bible stood by its decision to dismiss him from his role there. From August 2014 to June 2016, the daily "Back to the Bible" program featured Bible teaching from Warren Wiersbe, David Chadwick and Darrell Bock. In July 2016, Ron Moore, pastor of The Bible Chapel in the Pittsburgh area, was named president and Bible teacher. He served as president until February 2018, and was succeeded by David Platt. Back to the Bible has offices in nine countries outside the United States (Canada, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Trinidad &