You can read Part 2 of my review here. Part 3 rejoins the discussion at 13:00 into the debate. At this point we’ve just returned from a commercial break as Roys takes a call from a listener. Very late in the interview she takes one more call from a listener. This is unfortunate as listener’s […]
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Homosexuality and Christianity: A Review of the Brown-Vines Debate (Part 2)
This is the second installment in my review of the Brown-Vines debate. (Hence the “Part 2” in the title!) You can read Part 1 here. (You can also view/listen to the debate at that link.) Further, you can read my subsequent interaction with Michael Brown here. Part two picks up the debate at 10:13 into the debate, […]
Bestiality, Pederasty, Incest … and Homosexuality: The “Big Four”?
Over the last day I’ve had some back-and-forth with a new commenter, dchap, on the discussion thread for “Apologist Michael Brown responds to Part 1 of my review of the Brown-Vines Debate“. The following excerpt from my comments sums up my assessment of the exchange: “Thanks again for your contributions. I don’t agree with you […]
Apologist Michael Brown responds to Part 1 of my review of the Brown-Vines Debate
Yesterday I posted “Homosexuality and Christianity: A Review of the Brown-Vines Debate (Part 1)“. After tweeting out the post I received a gracious reply from Dr. Michael Brown. However, in a subsequent tweet he added the additional comment: “BTW, you gave two options for my “zero question” comment but I’m quite surprised you failed to […]
Homosexuality and Christianity: A Review of the Brown-Vines Debate (Part 1)
Christian apologist Michael Brown recently debated Matthew Vines on the question “Can you be gay and Christian?” Brown represented the traditional Christian perspective that homosexual practice is incompatible with Christian faith while Vines represented the view that they are compatible. You can watch/listen to the debate here and then read part 1 of my commentary below. Before […]
Was Dennis Jernigan miraculously delivered from homosexuality?
In my article “Gays don’t become straight. So what now?” I proposed that Christians ought to set aside the pursuit and promise of deliverance ministries for those who are homosexual. Instead, they ought to refocus on exploring the following two alternatives: abstinence or acceptance. In other words, they can retain the traditional ethical prohibition on homosexuality […]
Gays don’t become straight. So what now?
A few years ago I spoke at a Christian school teacher’s convention on the topic of homosexuality. My purpose was not to present a particular view but rather to orient the teachers to the complex field of exegetical, theological and ethical discussion. Afterward, a Christian teacher came up to me and thanked me for the talk. […]
Outraged at homosexuality, but unaware of genocide, and not angered by poverty?
You have to wonder how World Vision could be so out of touch with their constituency that they would think any policy change regarding homosexuality would be anything less than catastrophic? As soon as they lifted the ban on hiring practicing homosexuals, the response was swift as conservative evangelicals across North America vocally expressed their outrage […]
Stop supporting World Vision? On the ethical vision of some conservative evangelicals
Yesterday I received an email from a friend that stated “Yet another reason that I am increasingly distancing myself from conservative evangelicalism.” He then included a link to an article by “Matthew Lee Anderson” titled “On whether Christians should keep supporting World Vision“. So I read the article. My first thought was: “Is this article […]
Should conservative Christians care about the persecution of Uganda’s homosexuals?
Two days ago the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed an anti-gay bill into law. The new law includes lifetime imprisonment for those convicted of engaging in acts of homosexual intercourse or being part of a same-sex marital union. A day later Uganda’s major tabloid “Red Pepper” published an edition with the following front page headline: “Exposed! Uganda’s Top […]
On killing homosexuals in God’s name
A friend of mine directed me to this deeply disturbing 8 minute documentary produced by The New York Times on the growing movement to persecute homosexuals in Uganda and the extent to which that movement is being funded and sponsored by North American Christian organizations. You will not soon forget the scene where a crowd […]
Sodomy and the Kingdom of God
In “Why do conservative Christians think everything is getting worse?” I made the point that conservative Christians often interpret the world around them in accord with a particular set of premillennial assumptions that society is expected on the whole to get worse over time. But the data suggests something quite different. If anything, over time […]
The grounds for excluding religious voices in secular society
Jerry commented: “I believe that everyone has the right to express their beliefs on public policy, whatever it is that has contributed to the formation of those beliefs.” Jerry may think that. But these days he may find himself in opposition to the secular state. Case in point, the debate in the Surrey School Board […]
Does God only care about abortion and homosexuality?
I originally posted this article 1 1/2 years ago at Christian Post. You might be asking this question if you listened to many evangelicals who still seem to trundle out these two issues as the single matters of ethical concern. Of course, on a good day some will venture out a bit further and expand […]
