Robert Gagnon vs. J. Daniel Kirk on Homosexuality
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“[T]he decision to view it as a viable Christian position over which we should not divide is itself a judgment, a decision.”
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James White Responds to Matthew Vines' 40 Questions!
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James White’s response to Vines’ questions to folks who question so-called “gay Christianity:” Matthew Vines has posted a series of forty questions, found here. I have written up a fairly brief response. I hope it is helpful.
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What Shall We Do with Moses?
A couple of weeks back Bob Jones University made the news by apologizing for statements made a generation ago suggesting that homosexuals should be subjected, like they were during the Mosaic economy, to capital punishment. This mea culpa was a welcome one insofar as the offending statement was insensitive, vindictive, even hateful. But among the tweets and chatter that ensued, it was surprising to see how many bloggers (critics and defenders of BJU alike) made no apparent differentiation between the words spoken in 1980 and the words written in the 15th century BC. Moses is apparently guilty of hate speech, too!
This is a troubling sentiment, I think, and one that seriously erodes Old Testament credibility and authority. Surely as inerrantists we must conclude that Moses was right to write what he did! It is in view of this fact that I ask today, What should we do with Moses and his copious assignment of capital punishment for seemingly trivial crimes (or in some cases, perhaps, for no crime at all)? Shall we defend him? Blush for him? Distance ourselves from him by denouncing the Law as inherently evil and, to our great relief, dead and gone?
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Bigotry, the Bible and the Lessons of Indiana
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Spoiler alert - this is not a Christian-friendly article: “But in the end, the continued view of gays, lesbians and bisexuals as sinners is a decision. It’s a choice. It prioritizes scattered passages of ancient texts over all that has been learned since — as if time had stood still, as if the advances of science and knowledge meant nothing.”
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