Woman in Same-Sex Marriage Installed As Deacon
Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., installed a woman in a same-sex marriage as a deacon last June.
To Dykstra, what the congregational letter describes as “Neland’s journey toward LGBT+ inclusion” has been a move away from Scripture. “I don’t think that all of a sudden after 2,000+ years of scriptural interpretation that things have suddenly changed. I think that unfortunately our church is following cultural norms and listening to the ways of... Continue Reading
Revisiting Revoice: Same-Sex Attraction in Sanctification
One cannot remain neutral with regard to whether SSA is morally culpable sin or a gift from God. Far too much is at stake.
The way forward in the journey of sanctification is not a selfish focus on sinful desire, but a freeing focus on the fatal wound dealt to our sin in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. As 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so... Continue Reading
Revisiting Revoice: Same-Sex Attraction in Redemption
Did Jesus really experience every temptation to sin that we experience?
The temptation of Jesus was different from ours. His temptation did not come from within, but from without. Whereas we fail, he was successful. That’s why we need a sinless Savior outside of our fleshly desires, that is, a righteous Christ in whom we place our faith, rather than supposed sinful similarities between the flesh... Continue Reading
Revisiting Revoice: Same-Sex Attraction in the Fall
Revoice theology agrees that homosexual behavior is morally culpable sin, but does not necessarily agree that temptation to homosexual behavior is morally culpable sin.
A fair number of Protestant Christians were wrongly taught that temptation to sin is never the same thing as sin. But temptation to sin is sin, when that temptation stems from within. Temptation from within is rooted in our fallen flesh, while temptation from without originates with the world and Satan. We know from God’s word that Adam... Continue Reading
Texas Judge Says Christian Beliefs Prevent Her from Conducting Same-Sex Weddings
“I have no desire to offend anybody but the last person I want to offend is God.”
The judge said that as long as the other justice of the peace is available to perform same-sex weddings, she believes she is not violating queer couples’ constitutional rights and that she deserves a “religious exemption” because of her faith. A Texas judge is standing her ground after being reprimanded by a state commission... Continue Reading
Same-Sex Attraction: A Neglected Dimension Of The Debate
Homosexuality is such a complex issue precisely because of its multifaceted nature as a sin problem, psychological issue, and more recently also a political and cultural phenomenon.
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind….” Several implications for the struggler against same-sex attraction: first, when paired with teachings such as “do not love the word or the things in it,” it…must be a straightforward repudiation of the “gay” or “LGBT” identity, not merely the... Continue Reading
Same-Sex Relationships: Responding To The Rainbow—Pride Should Remind Us That This Is Still The Day Of Salvation & Motivate Us In Evangelism
The gay-rights movement has appropriated what ought to be one of the most cherished Christian symbols.
Every time we see the rainbow it ought to remind us that this is the day of salvation, and to motivate us to urgency in evangelism. Our task is to urge men and women to be reconciled to God while there is still time, because we know that this era of grace will not last... Continue Reading
Same-Sex Attraction: What the Fall of Harvard Can Teach Us
A change in mood, leads to a change in morals, which leads to a change in message.
A change in the mood of the American populace had to take place. So Marshal Kirk and Hunter Madison (pen name Erastes Pill) in 1987 wrote an essay “The Overhauling of Straight America”[4] They laid out the six steps to the “desensitization of the American public concerning gays and gay rights. To desensitize the public... Continue Reading
Is Same-Sex Attraction the Only Unchangeable Sin?
There are no sins, no matter how defined, that are outside of the Spirit’s transforming power and grace to overcome.
Christ commissioned the church to take his good news to every part of the world, to every type of people, who are held captive to every type of sin, to point them to Christ as the only bondage breaker, so that they will be rescued from the kingdom of darkness and brought into the kingdom... Continue Reading
Same-Sex Attracted Christians?
Scripture from beginning to end through doctrine and narrative holds before us this God-ordained attraction between males and females.
The labels, “gay”, and “lesbian” connected to “Christian” should concern us greatly in the same way that the labels “Christian adulterer” or “Christian pedophile” should, they are the same sinful and forbidden by God. While the latter grouping might offend upon the reading, sadly, the former grouping is making much headway in Biblical denominations like... Continue Reading
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