I want to suggest a shift in mindset that can move us from alienation and grief to hope and action. I stress mindset, because, as it is said, “our attitude determines our altitude.” Until we can adopt a constructive attitude, we will stay inert, or worse, destructive. Here are three things we can consider:
The glass is half full
The glass is dirty
The glass is half empty
As yet another high profile evangelical departs from centuries of orthodoxy on the issue, we have to ask ourselves, what is happening, and should we question our own position on the issue? If the tide of public opinion is shifting against the traditional view, should we join it or get ready to defend it?
As per the neato animation below, modern science thinks all living dogs came from one ancestor, the grey wolf. This is, of course, congruent with both Darwinian theory of origins AND creationism, but especially with the latter. Why? Created Kinds or “Baramins” Christianity teaches that...
Should pluralism an important value for religious conservatives? And if so, why? In a really thought provoking interview with the author of Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving through Deep Difference, Al Mohler today explored the necessity and limits of pluralism, and the forgotten right of assembly....
As Albert Mohler intoned in his recent Washington Post article, Donald Trump has created an excruciating moment for evangelicals. While liberals who have flouted sexual ethics for decades, including poo pooing the sins of their own luminaries like Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and JFK, they...
I am not an apologist for Trump, and I don’t like him actually. But the arguments above are not meant to justify his candidacy, but to explain it and put the primary blame where it goes – on our polarized elite leaders in our culture – academia, government, and media.
In Part 1, I covered Dr. Daniel Kirk’s pro-gay theology. In this concluding article, we cover the pro-hetero theology of Dr. Robert Gagnon, and draw some conclusions. Dr. Robert Gagnon’s Hetero-normative Points 1. Core values of scripture Dr. Gagnon first laid down the principle that some moral and ethical...
This debate is probably one of the more advanced theological debates on the subject, miles from the simplistic first-tier arguments. It is also interesting to me because the pro-gay theologian, Dr. Daniel Kirk, was my NT prof at Fuller Theological Seminary. Taking the traditional position...
