In other words, this phrase is often used to justify the “no right, no wrong” mentality from the song in Frozen.  In this scenario, the problem isn’t sin the problem is the law.  The problem isn’t our rebellion, the problem is the rules themselves.  If we can just get rid of those pesky rules then... Continue Reading

Friend, we simply disagree. We are so very pleased to associate with Stephen, a faithful Jesus-man, a Master of Divinity student in our church’s seminary, and a future pastor in Jesus’ church…our church. Stephen, who is saying “No” to his flesh, and for the sake of Jesus — how courageous! How bold! How faithful! How much Jesus... Continue Reading

No one’s conscience perfectly matches God’s will in this life. Nevertheless, we believe that you should generally always follow your conscience. “Generally always?” Yes, that’s the general rule, so that’s what we should emphasize.   The Importance of Maintaining A Good Conscience Martin Luther believed that maintaining a good conscience was worth going to prison... Continue Reading

“Middle ground was always untenable, even when some version of middle ground was David Gushee’s own position. The demand of the LGBT revolution is not merely toleration or even legalization, but required celebration.”   Christians in America now face a moment of judgment at the hands of a secular culture that grows more intensely adversarial... Continue Reading

One of the central difficulties in examining and researching sexual orientation is that the underlying concepts of “sexual desire,” “sexual attraction,” and “sexual arousal” can be ambiguous, and it is even less clear what it means that a person identifies as having a sexual orientation grounded in some pattern of desires, attractions, or states of... Continue Reading

“Let us recognize in witnessing the Gospel to people who identify themselves within the LGBT community that a major part of our conversation should deal with one’s deep commitment to an identity, not only of his or her person, but also being part of a people.  We see its manifestation also in identity (or group) politics... Continue Reading

“Considered in isolation, trigger warnings may seem straightforwardly good. Basic human decency means professors like myself should be aware of students’ traumatic experiences, and give them a heads up about course content—photographs of dead bodies, extended accounts of abuse, disordered eating, self-harm—that might trigger an anxiety attack and foreclose intellectual engagement.”   Last week, the... Continue Reading

The problem is not an absence of moral imagination; it’s an absence of objective reality. When gender identity wins, girls and women always lose. Biology matters, and not just in the imagination. There’s an undeniable power differential between the sexes, and it rarely ends in the favor of team XX. How many Christopher Hambrooks will... Continue Reading

Imagine a wife says to her husband, “I love you so much honey,” and the husband is silent. She asks him, “Do you love me?” And he says, “Hey look at all I do for you. I go to work every day to bring home the bacon. I cut the grass, I clean out the... Continue Reading

“Next time you’re wrong about something, just admit it. Don’t explain why you made the mistake. Don’t show how anyone would have made that mistake under the circumstances. Don’t insist that your answer actually was correct but was misunderstood.”   In Allan Mallinger’s book Too Perfect: When Being in Control Gets Out of Control, he zeroes... Continue Reading