Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English professor’s journey into Christian faith, Crown & Covenant, 2012 This is the conversion testimony of a (former) lesbian English professor but it is far more than that. It is about hermeneutics and worldview, education, evangelism, church planting, Christian sub-culture, public worship, church membership, … Continue reading
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The (often) missing element in the gay marriage debate
Amid all the discussion of marriage and ‘alternative’ sexual relationships and the interpretation (or dismissal) of the key biblical texts there is something very often missing from the debate. What is that missing element? Friendship We are blinded from seeing the importance of this by various inter-connected myths: Sexual activity is necessary for human flourishing and identity. … Continue reading
5 myths in the gay debate
The signing into law the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014 by Uganda’s president last month has stirred a lot of debate and often generated more heat than light. But there is some very helpful material being written on these issues: Chris Howles, ‘Homophobia in Uganda: Is Christianity the problem or the solution?’, Namugongoife, Dec. 2013. Sam Allberry, … Continue reading