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Here are some more helpful posts to help Christians think through the recent Supreme Court’s decision on “same-sex marriage.”

Everything Has Changed and Nothing Has Changed: The Supreme Court Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage – Albert Mohler

Why the Gay Marriage Debate Was Over in 1950 – Joel Miller

How Christians Can Show Countercultural Resolve on Marriage – Jennifer Marshall (TGC)

Dear Christian Friends: Remember you are not Home – Erik Raymond (TGC)

How Should You Talk to Your Children About Same-Sex Marriage? – Russell Moore

40 Questions for Christians Now Waving Rainbow Flags – Kevin DeYoung

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I was talking to some other pastors this week about same-sex marriage, and we noted the great confusion on the Biblical Christian teaching on this issue, especially in the views of our young people.  So here are a few helpful posts to help us keep thinking through the issue:

Five Questions for Christians Who Believe the Bible Supports Gay Marriage – Kevin DeYoung

Should We Support Gay Marriage? NO – Wolfhart Pannenberg

The Solemnization of Matrimony – Kevin DeYoung

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To follow up on my last post, here are some helpful thoughts on the homosexuality issue:

Not That Kind of Homosexuality? – Kevin DeYoung

The Myth of Hate – Alan Shlemon (Stand To Reason)

Same-Sex Attraction in the Church – Sam Allberry

Five Commitments To Those Struggling With Same Sex Attraction In Our Midst – Kevin DeYoung

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Here are some helpful posts on the continuing homosexuality issue:

How Can Homosexuality Be Wrong If It Doesn’t Harm Anyone? – Matt Smethurst (GC)

Whose Justice? Whose Morality? – Mike Wittmer

Perversion of Justice (in Another Sense) – Jared Wilson

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World Vision announced they will hire people living in same-sex marriages.  The arguments of neutrality on the issue were less than convincing.  Two days later (today), they have reversed their decision.  Here are some helpful posts in response to their first announcement.  Even though they have changed course, the issues involved are still very much worth considering:

The Worldliness in World Vision’s New Hiring Policy – Kevin DeYoung

Two More Thoughts on the World Vision Controversy – Kevin DeYoung

Pointing to Disaster: The Flawed Moral Vision of World Vision – Albert Mohler

On World Vision and the Gospel – Russell Moore

In other news, Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church (I struggle to call it a church) passed away last week.  Albert Mohler has some important thoughts on Phelps’ legacy of hate and some implications for the true church today.

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The homosexuality issue isn’t going away any time soon, and refusing on religious grounds to participate in a same-sex ceremony seems to be the latest front.  Here are some helpful posts to help us think through some of the issues:

Would Jesus Bake a Cake for a Gay Wedding in Arizona? – Joshua Wood (CT)

You Don’t Bring Me Flowers – Mike Wittmer

Should a Christian Photographer Work at a Same-Sex Wedding Ceremony – Russell Moore (GC)

Does This Look Like Jim Crow Discrimination to You? – Denny Burk

The Terms of Our Surrender – Ross Douthat

 

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So a federal judge may overturn Michigan’s state constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman.  Maybe it is time to think about so called same-sex marriage some more:

The Case for Marriage – Brief video by Iona Institute (via Kevin DeYoung)

The New Purpose of Marriage – Collin Hansen (Gospel Coalition)

Three More Thoughts on the Gay Marriage Debate – Kevin DeYoung

The Myth of a Grand Bargain on Marriage – Robert George (via Kevin DeYoung)

 

 

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Homosexuality is the ethical question of our culture today.  Here are some helpful posts on being a Christian and struggling with homosexuality:

Compelling Conversion – Mike Wittmer

Letter to a Struggling Gay Christian – Augustus Nicodemus Gomes Lopes (Gospel Coalition)

A Different Kind of Coming Out – Christianity

How Can the Gospel Be Good News to Gays? – Sam Allberry (Gospel Coalition)

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Apparently the answer to people hating homosexuals is to now hate people who believe homosexual behavior is wrong.  The answer to discriminating against homosexuals is to now discriminate against those who disagree with homosexual behavior.  The answer to drumming homosexuals out of the military is to drum out those who disagree with homosexual behavior.  The answer to same-sex couples being unable to marry is to make people opposed to same-sex marriage unable to not participate in such ceremonies.  Isn’t it more than a little interesting that the very things the gay lobby decried when aimed at them, they so quickly pick up to use against others?  And I suspect it is only the beginning.  Standing up for Biblical morality is quickly becoming an American anathema.

Gospel Singer McClurkin Cut From MLK Event Over Gay Rights – Gospel Coalition

Sergeant dismissed for saying … nothing – Baptist Press

N.M. Supreme Court: Photographers Can’t Refuse Gay Weddings – Christianity Today