Recently, I have found myself pouring over Matthew 19:3-12 in reference to Jesus’ interesting discussion of the eunuchs which is often taken as a commentary on celibacy. I recently stumbled across a post that the evangelical NT scholar Ben Witherington wrote in reference to Rob Bell’s most recent cross-country book tour. Witherington criticizes(scroll down to [...]

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On July 10, 2003 - I sent a letter to the Boise Presbytery’s Committee on Ministry. The letter began: ‘I am writing to inform you that I am a gay man—open, self-affirming, practicing—and that I am, in accordance with the Book of Order (G-6.1016b, G-14.0312), withdrawing from covenant relationship with the Boise Presbytery.’ [...]

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The 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) proved to be very pro-gay, if you will. What I appreciate most about the 218th GA is that it rejected what Adam rightly called the ‘tactic of fear’ (thanks, Adam Walker-Cleveland, for this perspicacious observation - and your recent e-mails). The 218th rejected the god [...]

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There are 20(!) posts separating this post on the Credo and the last post reflecting on the final words of the first article. It’s fitting, I think, that we are reflecting on theme of creation in the midst of a political season. If the general election tells us anything about the world it’s this: [...]

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In this episode of Queer Messages - the Podcast, we chat about the meaning of the term evangelical. We also talk about our views of the bible, Jesus, revelation and culture, conversion, and sanctification, etc.
A few citations:
Phillip R. Thorne, Evangelicalism and Karl Barth: His reception and influence in North American Evangelical Theology (Allison Park, PA: [...]

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