I’ve posted on issues of homosexuality several times in the past few weeks. It’s not one of my hobby-horses, but with Prop 8 being overturned and drafting a chapter in a book on the subject I’ve had cause to ponder the issue and the blog is the overflow of my musings. In essence, this is [...]
Once upon a time, Martin Luther divided the Bible in half. There was gospel. And there was law. If I may employ his taxonomy without endorsing its validity: the editors of Christianity Today asked a bunch of evangelical leaders about the gospel response to the judge’s overturning of Prop 8, and what they got instead [...]
Once upon a time, I was having a conversation with She Who Is More Learned Than I, and She made a comment about the prevalence of the language of “brokenness” these days–an abundance of use that has come at the expense of the language of “sin”. More recently, I have been working in two areas [...]
Yesterday’s post on the pragmatic nature of love in the Kingdom of God raised some good questions, and provoked a couple further thoughts for yours truly. (Incidentally, this is one reason I blog: not because I have something to say all the time, but because often if I just say something there will be a [...]
In something of a follow-up to yesterday’s post on homosexuality and justice, I had a few thoughts on the pragmatic nature of my argument about endorsing civil liberties as an expression of love. To be sure, there was a bit of a theological component as well, an appeal to Jesus’ commands to love our neighbor, [...]
A few days ago I posted a few thoughts about why I don’t find parallels between slavery debates and homosexuality debates to be persuasive. In short, when it comes to the issue of homosexual practice, I am not persuaded that the issue within the church is an issue of realizing the justice and liberty that [...]
On Religious News Service there was an article drawing out some parallels between the “Gay debate” taking place in the North American church today and the slavery debate that took place 150 years ago. One side argues for the plain reading of the Bible while the other argues from a grand narrative of freedom and [...]
The internets are swirling with the rumor: Kenneth Starr (yes, that Ken Starr) is going from Pepperdine Law to be Baylor’s next president. Thoughts? I find this an “interesting” choice from the perspective of a NT academic who recognizes that Baylor’s PhD program is on the rise. Sometimes guilt by association can be a tough [...]
Ok, you knew this was coming, right? One of the things that drove me to start reflecting a bit more critically on the issue of sexuality was watching a short video from some homosexual Christians who were reflecting on their experiences growing up in the church. Homosexuals growing up in the church frequently testify to [...]
