Posts Tagged ‘Homosexuality’
Steak, Sexuality and the New Orthodoxy
Joel Arnold One Friday after work, Bill and John went out for steak. They had a great time, and the next week John ran into Bill at the water cooler. John: “Hey, steak again tomorrow?” Bill: “You disgusting, carnivorous animal killer. I wouldn’t let a piece of dead animal get within 10 feet of my…
Read MoreThe Hermeneutics of Homosexuality
Mark Ward Originally published in 2013, this article deals with Biblical interpretation and the raging controversy of homosexuality. Changing American Attitudes toward Homosexuality The pace of change in American attitudes toward homosexuality is something no one could have predicted when a Democratic president signed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. Witness the difference even…
Read MoreChristianity Today’s Dangerous Response to Destructive Doctrine
Matt Recker Mark Galli, the editor-in-chief of Christianity Today expressed sadness that former CT editor David Neff has capitulated on same sex marriage. (Neff now states that he agrees with it.) In Galli’s piece (June 9, 2015) entitled, “Breaking News: 2 Billion Christians Believe in Traditional Marriage,” Neff is quoted as saying, “I think the…
Read MoreChristians are Told to Bow or Face a Fierce Collision
Matt Recker In a recent New York Times opinion column entitled, “Bigotry, the Bible and the Lessons of Indiana,” opinion columnist Frank Bruni tells conservative churches to “take homosexuality off the sin list” and bow to the new enlightened understanding of our modern world (New York Times, April 3, 2015). Bruni sees that homosexuality and…
Read MoreIn Defense of Marriage
Rick Cross This article originally appeared in 2004, some references are thus dated, but the topic is important and, unfortunately, too relevant in today’s world. Marriage is the molecular structure of our civilization: it cannot be changed without destroying itself. Yet Christians are faced with an urgency to defend the Biblical definition of marriage under…
Read MoreThe Pressure Is Growing
Wally Morris Three recent events illustrate the growing pressure on anyone who believes in the traditional (Biblical) definition of marriage and who believes that homosexuality is wrong.
Read MoreEclectica: Shrinking the Church
Just one article to call to your attention for this edition – and we think it is a pretty significant one: How To Shrink Your Church In One Easy Step (link below the jump) The basic thesis of the article is summed up by this: Every major American church that has taken steps towards liberalization…
Read MoreIs it Time for Christians to Step Back from Professional Sports?
Don Johnson My enjoyment of professional sports goes back a long way – close to fifty years. My American friends might find it amusing that my interest was first piqued by a really forgettable era in my local Canadian Football League team, but I can remember daily scanning our local paper for every bit of…
Read MoreEclectic Web–Freedom in the UK
Christian blogger Jon Gleason rightly points out the danger in this story, Legal action against Christian bakers is ‘a crushing blow to religious liberty’ in his blog post discussing it: The Death of Freedom. Briefly, the story is about a Christian baker refusing to bake a cake with a slogan, “Support Gay Marriage”. Please note…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web – June 20, 2014
More on SBC: Ken Silva weighs in on the Southern Baptist non-decision we mentioned last week. This is a serious matter. Churches and Christians who have considered entering into some kind of connection with the SBC should pause, read, and consider whether the SBC is clearly a safe haven in a time of spiritual storm.…
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