This is a comprehensive study that will give you, the reader, detailed, Scripture-based answers to the questions most commonly asked regarding what the Bible does and does not say about homosexuality. I grew up in a Fundamentalist church where they talked a lot about how
I was reading Psalm 38 and it hits me like a ton of makeup: I’ve lived this one before. Verse 1-2: “O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy
‘My love, how you delight me’ Note: New Jerusalem Bible translation used throughout. My love affair, so to speak, with the Song of Songs began in the seminary during a retreat held about one month into my first theology year. Prior to seminary, I was
Mel White and the GLBT Christians who traveled to Lynchburg to demonstrate their love and faith accomplished their mission. They went, they listened, and they told personal stories of their experiences with God. Special thanks to Steve Schalchlin, Lawrence Reh, and other friends who have
Since 1994, I have served as a teaching assistant, and later as a teaching fellow, at the University of Pittsburgh. These appointments have enabled me to teach a variety of courses in the English Department while completing my Master’s degree and beginning work on my
The Bible is a mixed blessing of great spiritual information and power along with perplexing inconsistencies and a tumultuous history of distortions and abusive use against powerless people. The Bible holds out hope in the truth about God’s unconditional love and acceptance of all people,
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee. (Genesis 38:15-16) When we read Scripture we
One night in a church meeting that I had been asked to speak at, I stood before the people and spoke soberly to them that I had a fairly common condition but one that is not often spoken about in our circles. I told them
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1) Well, that seems plain enough. It’s particularly true when you tie it to our main focus passage: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
Many years ago I was asked to speak to a church’s congregation and community members about why gays should not be ordained to the clergy. At that time, reading such Scripture verses as Romans 1:20-32 and 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, as well as verses in the