A Conversation with Gay/Progressive Leader Brandan Robertson
I had a most interesting conversation on Thursday with Brandan Robertson, who’s a leading spokesman for gay and progressive Christianity, on everything from the character of Jesus, to the nature of the Bible, to Christianity’s connection to slavery. Not much on homosexuality; it wasn’t one of our topics this...
Episode 2-5: A Conversation with Gay/Progressive Leader Brandan Robertson
I had a most interesting conversation on Thursday with Brandan Robertson, who is a leading spokesman for gay and progressive Christianity, on everything from the character of Jesus, to the nature of the Bible, to Christianity’s connection to slavery. Not much on homosexuality; it wasn’t one of our topics...
Streaming Live on Thursday: Conversation with LGBT Activist Pastor Brandan Robertson
Brandan Robertson is a globally prominent gay activist pastor with whom I’ve been exchanging emails over the past couple weeks. It’s been a cordial conversation, and he and I have agreed to move to a live online video conference tomorrow evening. It starts at 7 pm Eastern time, and...
“It’s In the Bible, So Believe It!” Won’t Help Youth At All
I’m on my way to Little Rock for an interview with FamilyLife about my book Critical Conversations: A Christian Parents’ Guide to Discussing Homosexuality With Teens, I decided to re-read the book on the way, and I came across a passage in it that applies to any question, any...
“Being Right Has Replaced Loving One Another”?
“Being right has replaced loving one another as we love ourselves.” So says Erin Green in the Huffington Post, criticizing her alma mater, Biola University, for not affirming LGBTQ. (She wrote it a month ago. It’s still relevant.) Biola is a conservative evangelical Christian university. Green’s complaints against the...
‘Hate Has No Home Here’ vs. ‘All Are Welcome, No Exceptions’
When one church says hate has no home here, another says all are welcome, yet both seem to be talking about the same thing & agreeing, what do we conclude?...
The “Whatever” Problem With “Jesus Never Excluded Anyone”
It came up again this weekend: a church leader saying, “We must not side with those in the church who would exclude a certain group of people. Jesus never excluded anyone.” This person didn’t name the issue. Of course we all knew what he was talking about, but he chose...
Why Jesus’ Acceptance of All People Doesn’t Mean What This Lesbian Pastor Thinks It Means
Rev. Cynthia Meyer, a United Methodist pastor who recently came out as lesbian — and is under church discipline for it — explained part of her pro-LGBT reasoning thus: My understanding of Christian teaching centers on the Gospels, and what we know about the teachings and actions of Jesus. I...
Talk It Up! Major New Study on Homosexuality
Major New Study Released Yesterday a new scientific study was published at The New Atlantis questioning much of today’s homosexual transgender narrative. There’s no evidence that LGBT people are “born that way,” and there’s good evidence that young people with same-sex attractions end up in strong heterosexual relationships as...