An oft-quoted biblical scholar changes his mind on LGBTQ …
In 1996, Hays released Moral Vision of the New Testament and it quickly became a standard text for biblical scholars, theologians and ethicists alike. In the 16th chapter, Hays carefully works through the few relevant New Testament passages and concludes the witness of the New Testament is against homosexuality.
Why being transgender is not a sin – Baptist News Global
Nov 9, 2018 · Cross-dressing is about finding pleasure in wearing certain clothes. Being transgender is about finding mental and spiritual peace by aligning outward presentation with inner being. Occasionally, people will point to Genesis 1:27 as a condemnation of transgender identity: “male and female he created them.”.
I asked people why they’re leaving Christianity, and here’s what I ...
Dec 13, 2022 · According to a September 2022 Pew study, people identifying as Christian have decreased from 90% of the U.S. population in 1972 to 64% in 2020. But it’s not just researchers who are talking about this. As of Dec. 6, 2020, the hashtag “#exchristian” had 696.7 million cumulative views on TikTok and was assigned to more than 68,600 posts on ...
Do any of these Bible stories remind you of Donald Trump?
In 2015, Donald Trump rode down an escalator announcing his intention to become America’s political messiah. He knocked off his primary opponents and general election foes one-by-one, dismissing them as “low energy” Jeb Bush, “too ugly” (Carly Fiorina), had too ugly a wife and “lyin’ Ted Cruz,” “Little Marco Rubio” (and not ...
After 30 years, the NRSV gets an update: Here’s what that means
Mar 15, 2022 · The New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, also known as NRSVue, currently is available for digital download and will be published in printed copies later this spring. The update is significant, in part, because the NRSV is a preferred translation for many biblical scholars, seminaries, and mainline and progressive Protestant churches.
More evangelical leaders on board Trump train for 2024
Jan 24, 2024 · Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats, who voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, endorsed Ron DeSantis in the Iowa caucuses. And Franklin Graham, who has called Trump “one of the great presidents” and embraced Trump’s claims of election fraud, says he won’t endorse a candidate during the primaries. But many of the evangelical leaders ...
10 things we’re learning about the LGBTQ debate in the church
Feb 13, 2018 · 4. It is important to discuss the actual issue and not use proxies for the issue. Because LGBTQ inclusion in the church is such a difficult topic, and because of the fears outlined above, the conversation sometimes falls to proxy debates to avoid the main difficult debate. These are diversionary tactics that must be labeled for what they are.
Why Christians should support reproductive justice, including …
In fact, I’d say Christians actually should support reproductive justice, and here are my reasons why. One: Reproductive justice is about whole persons whom God loves and tells us to love and care for as well. According to SisterSong, reproductive justice includes access to “contraception, comprehensive sex education, STI prevention and ...
What’s happening to megachurch pastors in Dallas?
Megachurch pastors in Dallas are starting to drop like flies.. On June 9, Tony Evans stepped away for an unspecified period of time from the 10,000-member Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, a church he started in his living room and led for 48 years, explaining vaguely that he fell short of a standard “a number of years ago.” One week later, Mike Buster resigned as executive pastor of the 45,000 ...
Franklin Graham, toxic charity concerns send churches packing …
Nov 6, 2019 · “It’s a very tactile missions experience,” he said. But church members were hearing the troubling reports, he said. “Around the same time, the face of that organization was just becoming increasingly unkind in public, increasingly political and nasty and it wasn’t anything our church wanted to be involved with,” Jasper said.