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December 2018

December 06, 2018

Lauren Daigle, Persecution, and the Church’s Opportunity for Witness

Recently, Lauren Daigle made headlines when she was asked about her position on homosexuality. Here's...

July 2017

July 12, 2017

A Response to Eugene Peterson’s Affirmation of Homosexuality

The trend of evangelicals affirming homosexuality is not going away. The division this trend is...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

My Next Two Books: Theological Anthropology and Edwards Devotional

Every academic community, I suppose, is a colony of writers. That's holding true at Midwestern...

September 2015

September 03, 2015

Finding God in Pronouns

The University of Tennessee just made national news by suggesting that faculty use "gender-neutral" pronouns in...

August 2015

August 17, 2015

Don’t Pump the Brakes: Engaging Hillsong’s Doctrine of Church Membership

Hillsong Church of New York City has landed in the news recently. Reed Kelly and...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

Must Jesus Bow to Homosexuality? A Response to Brandon Ambrosino

Brandon Ambrosino, a "gay Christian," just suggested that Jesus was wrong about homosexuality. The title...

April 2015

April 04, 2015

Frank Bruni Commands Christians to Cave on Homosexuality

The New York Times just published one of the more rough-handed pieces we've yet seen regarding "gay...

March 2015

March 18, 2015

The Future of Progressive Evangelicalism Is…?

You've likely just heard the news: the PCUSA has formally endorsed same-sex marriage, rendering marriage...

March 04, 2015

Dear Rob Bell: The Church Isn’t Giving an Inch on Gay Marriage

Dear Rob Bell, I recently read your comments, made to Oprah, about the church being...

February 2015

February 04, 2015

Gay-Affirming Pastor: “We Believe in the Holy Polyamorous Trinity”

I just read an interview that took me aback. In it, two gay-affirming pastors say...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Another Pastor Self-Congratulates for Endorsing “Gay Christianity”

Elizabeth Dias, a Wheaton College graduate and TIME magazine reporter, just gave notice of another formerly-large church...

January 16, 2015

Cultural Capitulation on Homosexuality Is Not Courageous

A recent article by Elizabeth Dias for TIME magazine seeks to chart a shift among...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Best of 2014

The web is democratized, right? This means, by my lights, that I get to do...

December 22, 2014

Same-Sex Friendship: The Possibilities of Renewal

In the last week, I have been thinking and conversing about the topic of "gay...

December 15, 2014

Christology and Temptation: Same-Sex Attraction & Christ’s Cross

The recent advent of "gay Christianity" (and see also this) has prompted some profitable discussion online. This...

December 13, 2014

Gay Christianity: Toward a Theological and Pastoral Response

The very helpful article by Julie Roys for WORLD magazine has offered a fresh opportunity...

November 2014

November 11, 2014

Wesley Hill & Friends on Sexual Orientation at ETS 2014

Next week at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in San Diego, California,...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Grace and Truth: Reflections on ERLC 2014

The first national conference of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist...

June 2014

June 04, 2014

Everyone Needs a Conversion Story: On Sexual Orientation and Salvation

One of the hottest topics in the public square today is the issue of anthropological...

June 03, 2014

Tim Keller on Mars Hill Preaching, Homosexuality, and Transgender Identity

I recently had the privilege of interviewing Manhattan pastor Tim Keller for Christianity Today. The...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

The New JBMW Is Hot Off the Presses

See this announcement from Denny Burk, the outstanding Editor of the Journal for Biblical Manhood &...

May 16, 2014

Why You Should Trust the Apostle Paul Over Precocious Millennials

My brother-at-arms Andrew Walker and I just wrote a piece entitled, puckishly, "Why the Church...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

Should Christians Use the Term “Gay Christian”?

In his new book God and the Gay Christian, Matthew Vines seeks to legitimate homosexual practice...

March 2014

March 10, 2014

Vanderbilt Part Two: Religious Liberty Is Imperiled at Bowdoin College

Remember when Vanderbilt University capriciously decided to enforce a "non-discrimination" policy for student groups? This...

October 2013

October 10, 2013

Rosaria Butterfield Subject to Protests at University in Florida

Denny Burk has the details: With this kind of PR before the event, you can...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Partnership with CBMW: What Will Donating Actually Produce?

If you support the Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, what will you actually be...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

Homosexuality and Humanity

One of the most common ideas on offer in the cultural discussion of homosexuality is...

March 18, 2013

Rob Bell, Homosexuality, and the New Cultural Acceptance

So the new thing today is to publicly support same-sex marriage. Hillary Clinton just did;...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

What Is Manhood & Womanhood? Two Interviews on Gender & the Gospel

Got a couple of resources for you here, both dealing with manhood, womanhood, marriage, and...

February 06, 2013

On the “Queen James Bible”: Is the Bible “Homophobic”?

I just wrote an essay for Baptist Press on the recently released "Queen James Bible," whose editors...