Those concerned that ministers in their denomination were involved in Revoice and who believe that they have thereby crossed theological and ethical boundaries have a duty to prove that in an ecclesiastical context and not simply offer critical tweets or mint new hastags. They should look at their books of church order and, if the evidence warrants it, they should file disciplinary... Continue Reading

Nate Collins considers himself, and other “Gay Christians,” to be modern day prophets to the church to call us to repentance for our idolatry of the “nuclear family?” It’s somehow “idolatrous” for the church to embrace and uplift God’s created design of the nuclear family? Finally, we are to believe that the ones God has... Continue Reading

Just like with other issues relative to gender roles, submission, divorce, cohabitation and premarital sex, Christians need to shed their concerns over appealing to the sensibilities of a pagan culture. The Bible is explicitly clear on the morality of same-sex romantic and sexual relationships. Any confusion on that is the result of a futile attempt... Continue Reading

Where observers would perhaps have got things most wrong would have been by focusing on the traditionally Christian West, and not paying attention to the wider world – to Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the quantitative hearts of a truly Global Christianity…one lesson is that media and academics in the late 1960s chose to stress... Continue Reading

And so, with love and respect for all committed Christians who struggle with same-sex attractions or gender confusion, I point back to the words of Jesus, which remain relevant to this hour: “Enter at the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many... Continue Reading

The irony is that careful attention to the sufficiency of Scripture and the explicit teaching of the Protestant confessions does not lead to an ability to explain the Christian meaning of everything. Those starting points — Bible and confessions — actually limit what a Christian scholar can meaningfully claim. Which means a Christian historian has... Continue Reading

“They estimate the Tzompantli was over a hundred feet long, forty feet wide, and fifteen feet tall. And as new victims were sacrificed regularly, it was always freshly-stocked. If anything, the old stories fell short of just how monstrous this monument to Aztec religion was.”   “Hey, don’t judge.” We hear those words a lot.... Continue Reading

“Sometimes our relationships wither because we don’t cultivate them. What would happen to a garden if we only tended it when it came to mind? Like working the ground, you and I need to create patterns, or habits, for connecting with people.”   Brother, I’ll challenge you in moment, but first, an encouragement: if you... Continue Reading

The reason there is “pain, and sometimes deep and lasting trauma, to the LGBTQ who seeks to remain faithful both to God and to their understanding of themselves,” is because they are being told their “selves” are equal to or superior to the will of God. This does not just apply to the LGBTQ community,... Continue Reading

Paul also makes clear that same-sex passion and desire is also sinful, contrary to both nature and divine command. For Christians, the most significant realization is that the crucial moral teachings of the Old Testament Holiness Code that are binding upon us are repeated, and often amplified, in the New Testament. Christians may eat shrimp... Continue Reading