With the emphasis on WATCH. It’s a short snippet, with not enough time to really say anything of real consequence. But have a good look at the audience he’s speaking to, in Wichita, Kansas. This is not your usual band…
Tag Archive for Christianity
“Phall if you but will, rise you must”
In this Easter season especially, we need to recall constantly the words of Pope Saint John Paul II, “We are the Easter people”. This is particularly important for me personally this year, after the disappointment I wrote about yesterday (“Despised, Rejected”).…
“God and the Gay Christian”: WHY Religious Conservatives Are Running Scared.
In my previous post, I noted the furious and frenzied response by some conservative Christians to Matthew Vines’ “God and the Gay Christian”, suggested that the reason for the extraordinary strength of this reaction was that they are “running scared”.…
“God and the Gay Christian”: Religious Conservatives Are Running Scared.
Within days of its publication, Matthew Vines’ “God and the Gay Christian” has evoked a flurry of angry denunciation from a wide range of Christian bloggers and scholars, with news headlines like “Pro-gay book ‘exceedingly dangerous’”, “Pro-gay book departs from…
The Biblical Case for Gay Marriage
In Denver today, judges of the USA Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments for and against the ban on same - sex marriage in Utah. Next week, they will hear arguments for a similar case in Oklahoma.…
LGBT Church History: Queer Saints, Sinners and Martyrs
At the University of East Anglia this week, I spoke to an attentive audience on “Queer Saints, Sinners and Martyrs in Church History”. I am now attempting to put the complete presentation on - line, in full audio-visual format, but that’s…
Redefining Weddings - for the Better, and for All.
The Centre for the Study of Christianity and Sexuality just held its annual conference in Birmingham, with the theme “Redefining Marriage” - which was also the title of an address by the keynote speaker, the theologian Adrian Thatcher. (This lecture, a…
“Some Christians Are Gay. Get Over It”.
Two reports this week re-inforced the mounting evidence that the struggle for full lgbti equality and inclusion is no longer the simplistic one of hedonistic queers Christian morality. There are now important strands within the churches that see full inclusion…
A Modern Reformation, for LGBT Christians
Today, Wednesday 18th September, will see the inaugural leadership congress in Kansas City of “The Reformation Project“, which describes itself as “a Bible-based, non-profit organization dedicated to reforming Christian teaching on sexual orientation and gender identity”. This fall, we will host…
A Reader’s Suicide Alert: Please Help
A reader has placed this note as a comment to my post: “Share your stories: It’s a Theological Obligation“. It’s crying out (literally) for a response. I don’t know how. Do any of my readers have any sound ideas? Hi…
