On the question of gay identity and Christian sexual ethics, I start with a bare-bones theology of group identity drawn from Acts 17:26–27. In his discourse at the Areopagus, Paul briefly laid out how the Athenians have already groped toward a knowledge of God. It is because God arranges history so that, through the formation and shifting of group
What does it mean to be male and female to God? What does our sexuality mean to God? What does marriage mean to God? What does it mean to be human? What is our reason for existing? What is God’s eternal purpose for us? Scripture tells us that when God created humanity that we are made in God’s image and after His likeness. (Genesis 1:26) David tell
The city of Lynchburg, Virginia, which I’ve visited and driven through a number of times since the late 1980s, is probably one of the more Christian towns in the United States. The Thomas Road Baptist Church, led by a member of the Jerry Falwell family since the Eisenhower administration, was largely responsible for that dynamic, although ma
On the morning of December 13, 2017, Elder Ted Wilson, the current General Conference president, released a statement on homosexuality and the church, entitled, "Bible truth and kindness in faith and practice." The full statement has been reproduced below: During the past several decades, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has clearly stated through
Seventh-day Gay Adventists Criticized by a Catholic Magazine The Crisis Magazine, a Catholic publication, has called out the Seventh-day Gay Adventists documentary and its proponents for their lack of biblical fidelity. Regis Nicol writes, "the film promotes a revisionist exegesis of Scripture—namely, that biblical injunctions against homosexuality
Supreme Court Decides if Christian Vendors are to Serve Gay Weddings This week on Monday (7/3/2017), the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) announced that it will take up the case of a Christian baker who declined a wedding cake order for same-sex couple. Today (Friday, 6/30/2017), the Texas Supreme Court ruled against the city of Houston exten
I never struggled with homosexuality. My struggle was heterosexuality. So there I sat…this is it. “Dear life, I have had enough. I’m tired.” Looking out over the New York City skyline, I could see for miles. I gazed as the wind blew softly, then harder, then softer again. I was hoping that it would blow me right over. I was hoping tha
The church, like a losing general, has the nasty habit of fighting the last battle. By the time it has adapted its tactics, the challenge has moved on. Perpetually behind the times, forever on the back foot, stuck in the role of reluctant reactionary, losing ground. And that is how we find ourselves today, late to the party and still talking about
Those who believe in the biblical view of sexuality are treading the well-worn path of scriptural literalists who, in ages past, supported slavery using precisely the same mode of textual interpretation—or so goes the argument. Dr. Robert Cargill of the University of Iowa put the view forward rather vigorously in his blog: “Let me say this to those
Journey Interrupted will premiere at the Village Seventh-day Adventist Church in Berrien Springs, MI. Showing times are at 6pm EST, September 24th and 25th, 2016. Each of us is on a journey. And as we walk step-by-step, interruptions and obstacles can serve as stumbling blocks or stepping-stones. The film, Journey Interrupted, allows the viewer to
