A few years ago, a friend of mine who is a well-known leader in the emerging church movement told me that many evangelical leaders are quietly questioning their traditional stance on homosexuality. These leaders are open to a gay affirming position, but have kept quiet for fear of alienating their congregations. However, now evangelical leaders—and [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Biblical/Theological Studies’
June 15, 2009
God Blessed or Not: How Did You Decide?
Last week I had an invigorating and intriguing conversation with a new friend. “Pam” is a 50 something year old school teacher and gay Christian. We met for coffee and chatted for about three hours, sharing our “coming out” stories and where we are today with our faith and sexuality. Pam believes same-sex relationships are [...]
December 18, 2008
Universal Ethics of Leviticus 18
The last three posts have covered Jesus on homosexuality, an analysis of the word “abomination,” and an examination of the book of Leviticus. The goal was to explore common assertions made by gay-affirming theologians. It was noted that Leviticus includes obsolete ritual purity laws, but also ethics we consider universal, including prohibitions against bestiality, robbery, [...]
December 15, 2008
What’s Up with Leviticus?
This post cannot possibly address all the historical, cultural, theological and anthropological aspects of Leviticus. Rather, below are general concepts to consider in the discussion on homosexuality.
If you are one of the few who has waded through the litany of legal codes that is the book of Leviticus, give yourself a pat on the back. [...]
December 3, 2008
Homosexuality: An Abomination?
The word “abomination” has been misused to vilify gay people in terrible ways. Thus, it is with great reluctance that I write a post regarding the term. The only reason I do so is because so many pro-gay theologians have found it important to discuss. Almost every pro-gay apologetic I have read analyzes this word. [...]
November 19, 2008
Jesus on Homosexuality
When I first came out of denial about my same-sex attractions, my foundational worldview collapsed. If I, a good Christian girl, could have these feelings, maybe everything I had been taught about homosexuality was wrong. Maybe it wasn’t sin. I didn’t want to lose the woman I loved just because of a misinterpretation of Scripture. [...]
February 16, 2008
End Time Prophecy
For those of you who have the attention span to listen to me talk for 55 minutes, I have posted here a teaching on end time prophecy. This was first presented on January 30, 2008 at Twin Lakes Church as part of a seven week class I am co-teaching on “Making Sense of End-Time Prophecy.” [...]
July 10, 2007
Recovering from Fundamentalism
There was beer in the refrigerator. Beer. A six-pack to be exact. I stared, aghast, at the contraband. How could there be beer in our refrigerator? My parents never kept alcohol in the house. Yet, on this particular hot summer day, after working outside, my dad decided he wanted a nice cool Budweiser. I was [...]
