The Bible is a dominant force in our culture today. It is a source of comfort and encouragement for millions and a source of abuse and pain for millions of others. As a former Southern Baptist pastor and university Bible professor and now since 1981,
Did Jesus use a modem, At the sermon on the mount? Did He ever use a broadcast fax, To get His message out? Did the disciples carry beepers, As they went out and about? Did Jesus use a modem, At the sermon on the mount?
1. He had only one major publication. 2. It was in Hebrew. 3. It had no references. 4. It wasn’t published in a referred journal. 5. Some even doubt he wrote it himself. 6. It may be true that he created the world, but what
The notorious passages of the so-called Holiness Code in Chapters 18 and 20 of Leviticus have traditionally been used to justify the ill treatment of sexual minorities. On first reading, the text appears to be unequivocal in its condemnation of physical relations between members of
Paul’s remarks on same-sex relations in his letter to the Romans is only an illustration of his main point. To understand the relation of this passage to our present-day lives, I don’t think it is necessary to go on and on about how the first
In my gender community debut at the Texas “T” Party in early 1996, I described my journey to become a complete person. As I spoke, the memories of the pain I had endured from repeated rejection came flooding back. I had seen the impact on
Scripture readings: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the lands! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know the Lord is God! It is he that made us and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep
Editor: I just found your webpage and am tickled that we’re waking up all over the place. Just the other day I said to an old Christian friend: “No one is going to take my God away from me!” Thanks for pursuing this good work,
Dear Fred, May the peace of Jesus Christ be with you always. Your work in the name of the God of Love and Life begs me to ask you if there is more than one God in the Christian tradition? As I reflect on your
The ex-gay fraud In his book A Strong Delusion: Confronting the Gay Christian Movement, Joe Dallas distorts and misrepresents everything that Gay and Lesbian Christians have accomplished in the past 30 years. The book is a clearly self-serving attempt to justify and promote the methods