A Focus on Homosexuality
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Mayor Pete and the Dawning of a New Political Era
As a Millennial, Buttigieg appeals to younger voters, being a fresh face in a year when Millennials are poised to become the largest eligible voting bloc. TIME reports, “Many Democrats are hungry for generational change, and the two front runners are more than twice his age.” However, generational change for the sake of change can be a terrifying prospect, and…
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Same-Sex Marriage: America’s New Litmus Test for Holding Public Office
“Do you believe that gay sex is a perversion?” was Senator Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) question to CIA Director Mike Pompeo during a Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of State.[1] Booker was concerned about a speech in which then-Senator Mike Pompeo cited a prayer delivered before the Kansas state legislature, mourning how Americans had endorsed perversion,…
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Selling Babies: How WA State Is Becoming a Global Marketplace for Children
“‘Human decency’ died in the dark this morning around 1 a.m. at your WA State Capitol. House Democrats voted to legalize the purchase and sale of human babies in the wee hours of the morning,” according to Washington State Representative Liz Pike.[1] Effective January 1, 2019, human babies will become commodities for sale….
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Why Does the Church Focus on Sexual Issues?
“Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty!” splashed across the front pages of The New York Daily News in 1952 when George Jorgensen Jr. returned home from a sex-reassignment surgery in Sweden as Christine Jorgensen. Six decades before Caitlyn Jenner, and among the first to undergo such a procedure, Christine Jorgensen was America’s original transgender sweetheart.[1] Crowned Woman of…
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What the Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage Means for Christians
What does the June 26, 2015 Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage mean for Christians? The implications of this ruling are enormous and widespread. As such we will focus our attention on only a few implications. In the first place this was a deeply divided decision by the Supreme Court with five Justices ruling in…
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How the Supreme Court Divided the Nation
What exactly happened on June 26, 2015, and why did it divide the nation? To understand this, we must first understand what the Supreme Court was asked to decide upon. For some time various states had voted upon constitutional amendments designed to either open or close marriage to members of the same sex. In many…
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Who Defines Marriage?
“Just who do we think we are?”[1] This was Chief Justice Roberts’ response to the June 26, 2015 Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, declaring, “The Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when…
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The Significance of Jesus’ Silence on Homosexuality
Some challenge that Jesus never specifically forbid homosexuality. This perspective fails to recognize that Jesus’ commandments are contained in the entire Bible, not just the Gospels. Second Peter 1:20–21 and 2 Timothy 3:16 teach that all of Scripture is the result of God’s inspiration, and it is the consistent testimony of Scripture that practicing homosexuality…
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Love’s Limitations
“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be. It’s easy. All you need is love.”[1] These lyrics by John Lennon and Paul McCartney were sung during the world’s first live global television link in 1967. Initially watched by over 400 million people in 25 countries, the song “All You Need is Love”…
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