Sexual Sin

When Calling Yourself a "Christian" Isn't Enough

Adam Parker
Sep 1, 2017
As a new Christian, I was very interested in studying cults. I studied the nuances of Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Unitarianism, and so on. When we think of cults, we tend to think of groups that not only pervert what the Bible says about salvation, but especially that depart from what...

Game of Dethroning Sexual Sin

Nick Batzig
Aug 9, 2017
Yesterday, Kevin DeYoung kicked the proverbial hornet's nest when he wrote a post titled, " I Don't Understand Christians Watching Game of Thrones ." That post was swiftly met with a tirade of social media attacks, such as, "The Bible has many, many more violent and lewd scenes than Game of Thrones...

A God Thing

David Garner
Nov 15, 2016
Exuberant over an experience, an oh-so-sweet manifestation of divine providence, you delightedly seek to give God praise in telling your story. “It was such a ‘God thing’,” you proclaim. As you see it, God wove together an otherwise inexplicable combination of events to deliver a wonderful—even...

Sexual Identity: Community and Church Issues, Loving Our Gay Neighbors Through Church Membership

Stephen Unthank
Oct 17, 2016
I mean it when I say that I would love my church to be filled Sunday after Sunday with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (or questioning) individuals. And I mean it when I say that I would love to have those very same individuals over for lunch after church, and then invite them back...

Sexual Identity: Community and Church Issues, Sexual Identity & Fear

Jonathan Master
Oct 14, 2016
Just this week, an article appeared in Bloomberg News with a provocative title: “It’s Official: This Election is Driving Americans Nuts.” [1] The article goes on to describe a recent study undertaken by the American Psychological Society about the major causes of fear in American citizens. Normally...

Sexual Identity: Community and Church Issues Podcast

Jonathan Master
Oct 3, 2016
This week the Theology on the Go podcast is going to be a little different. Today, our host Dr. Jonathan Master is joined by Dr. Jeffrey Stivason for a conversation on issues of sexual identity and their effect on our churches and communities. Dr. Master is dean of the school of divinity and...

Sexual Identity: legal Issues: Enslaved Freedom

Stephen Unthank
Sep 30, 2016
In today’s America it’s pretty much an accepted dictum that true freedom is being able to choose whatever it is we desire. And when it comes to sexuality and gay rights, this is especially the case. If a man desires to be with another man, true freedom is being able to do so without any restraints...

Sexual Identity: Legal Issues: Five Responses

Jeffrey Stivason
Sep 28, 2016
Several years ago, I was eating lunch with a few pastors who were lamenting our current cultural condition. What made the conversation so memorable was the man seated beside me. He was a pastor from Eastern Europe. In fact, I arranged the lunch so that he could meet some American pastors. My friend...

Sexual Identity: legal Issues: Challenging the Autonomy of Emotions and Desires

David Smith
Sep 23, 2016
Since God created humans in his image to love and serve him, he has the power and authority to command us how to live and enable us to obey. God’s word written and his commands in particular do not merely touch one aspect of our being. It is impossible for God’s word and commands not to be...

Sexual Identity: Legal Issues: Conscience and the Public Square

Stephen Unthank
Sep 21, 2016
The human conscience is one of those metaphysical entities that we all love and yet, being a metaphysical idea, we’re not always clear about it. The Puritans were master theologians of the conscience, precisely because they were strong in God’s word. Sadly, I’m not sure that can be said for us...