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Talking Marriage With A Human Rights Commission
This week I was asked to speak to a Human Rights Commission in another state about the role Christians can play in opposing discrimination. I appreciated the chance, and enjoyed discussing how...
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Some Thoughts About the Marriage Debate
This week we will hear arguments presented to the US Supreme Court which will, most likely, settle the legality of same-sex marriage once and for all. So far the justices are predictably divided – 3...
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Have We Learned?
I see a lot of conservative salivating over the scandals plaguing President Obama, and indeed, it looks grim for the man who ran on a hope ticket and promised unprecedented transparency. The...
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Jesus and Same Sex Marriage
In light of the Supreme Court’s recent decisions on same sex marriage, the question of what defines a marriage becomes more relevant than ever, and no doubt we’ll see a host of talking heads discussing...
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The Conservative Dinosaur
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving. -Elizabeth Cady Stanton A woman stomped up to me after I’d spoken to a church a few years ago,...
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Now What? Responding to the Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
We knew that in spite of daily mounting risks we had no choice but to move forward. This was evil’s hour; we could not run away from it. Perhaps only when human effort had done its best and failed...
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And We’re Controversial?
“Attack me, I do this myself, but attack me rather than the path I follow, and which I point out to anyone who asks me where I think it lies.” -Leo Tolstoy This morning I read horrendous accounts of a...
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Trembling
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. – Thomas Jefferson Divided as ever, Americans are in the edge of their seats cheering and booing as both...
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Update on my Upcoming Book
The endorsements are in! I’m grateful to my deeply respected colleagues and friends who took the time to review, then endorse, my upcoming book Speaking of Homosexuality. (Baker Books) It will be...
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To Trump or Not to Trump? Where I Landed, and Why
“Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.” –Romans 14:5 A highlight of this crazy election is the division among conservative Evangelicals. As long as I’ve been a voting adult (beginning with...
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