Belief Gone Wrong: The Holy Spirit
Word to remember for later: filioque. Someone the other day emailed me a question asking why we never talk about the Holy Spirit in a way that doesn’t make the Spirit seem like- and I quote-...
View ArticleA Case for Gay Marriage
This weekend I will conclude our marriage sermon series, Love to Stay, by discussing the marriage debate in the larger Church and unpacking the divergent perspectives in a fair way. To prepare, I...
View ArticleHomosexuals are Sinners? All the More Reason for Them to Marry
My nook of United Methodism recently resolved not to resolve (yet) a proposal to change our denomination’s official language on homosexuality, opting to curate a ‘conversation’ instead. Like a virtual,...
View ArticleThe Male-Female Union is Not Biblical
My modest cranny of Methodism recently tabled a motion to ameliorate the denomination’s official language on homosexuality. Rather than call what surely would have been a divisive and possibly...
View ArticleMarriage is for Sinners
“For better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.” The marriage vows mark marriage out as an ascetic discipline. As the Wesley...
View ArticleScripture and Sexuality— Session Three: Mutual Vulnerability, the Song of...
We continued our church-wide Bible Study on Scripture and Sexuality by looking the Song of Songs. SESSION THREE: MUTUAL VULNERABILITY AND DELIGHT— SONG OF SONGS AND MARRIAGE AS A PARABLE OF TRIUNE LOVE...
View ArticleScripture and Sexuality Study— Session Five: Romans— Against Nature? Against...
Here’s the final session to our church-wide study on Scripture and Sexuality where we took a look at Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Note, the lecture below and the audio from the class are complimentary...
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