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What's 'Incredibly Damaging To The Gospel,' Joshua Harris, Are Your Lies

What's 'Incredibly Damaging To The Gospel,' Joshua Harris, Are Your Lies - Katy Faust Katy Faust of Them Before Us writes: "The denial of sexual and marital norms by believers is often adjacent to a rejection of the core tenets...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 8, 2019 12:33 PM

Same-Sex Parenting: The Child Maltreatment No One Mentions - Crisis Magazine

Same-Sex Parenting: The Child Maltreatment No One Mentions - Crisis Magazine "In comparison to children with opposite-sex parents, children in the care of same-sex couples, were: almost twice as likely to have a developmental disability; almost twice as likely to...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 3, 2018 7:57 PM

Why young Christians can't grasp our arguments against gay 'marriage' | Opinion | LifeSite

Why young Christians can't grasp our arguments against gay 'marriage' | Opinion | LifeSite John Stonestreet writes: 'The only argument for conjugal marriage they've ever encountered has been the wooden proof-texting from the Bible. And besides, wrote Rine, "What the...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 6, 2018 4:28 PM

Bermuda abolishes same-sex marriage | CatholicHerald.co.uk

Bermuda abolishes same-sex marriage | CatholicHerald.co.uk 'The British Overseas Territory of Bermuda is to become the world's first territory to restore the traditional definition of marriage just six months after the island's Supreme Court ruled in favour of same-sex unions....

Posted by Michael Bates on December 12, 2017 9:14 AM

If love wins, we all lose | The Spectator Australia

If love wins, we all lose | The Spectator Australia "I was recently reading C.S. Lewis' classic, The Four Loves. In his introduction, he quotes M. Denis de Rougemont as saying, 'Love ceases to be a demon only when he...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 7, 2017 1:48 AM

Miranda Devine: Same-sex marriage debate ending with Christians vilified | Daily Telegraph

Miranda Devine: Same-sex marriage debate ending with Christians vilified | Daily Telegraph What does it take to get an event kicked out of a pub's beer garden? Speaking about the necessity of grace when vilified. "The event which so antagonised...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 7, 2017 1:41 AM

Polygamy argument shouldn't be dismissed - and I speak from experience

Polygamy argument shouldn't be dismissed - and I speak from experience -- Brisbane Times "I can speak on the subject of polygamy with some degree of understanding.  My Chinese grandfather had two wives at the same time, although only one...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 15, 2017 1:02 AM

Ex-Gay Songwriter Believes You May Be Born Gay, but It Doesn't Matter -- Charisma News

Ex-Gay Songwriter Believes You May Be Born Gay, but It Doesn't Matter -- Charisma News "'I never thought I'd be attracted to a woman, but everything changed because I changed the way I thought and put off thoughts until I...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 29, 2015 11:31 PM

Through African Eyes by John A. Azumah | Articles | First Things

Through African Eyes by John A. Azumah | Articles | First Things A Presbyterian pastor from Ghana teaching at PCUSA (liberal Presbyterian) church puts forth an African Christian perspective on the gay marriage debate in the Global North and gets...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 23, 2015 11:49 PM

Pyromaniacs: Going to Take the Cake

Pyromaniacs: Going to Take the Cake F. X. Turk (grandson of a Hungarian kulak) says it's time to sweep away the euphemisms: "That is actually what is on the table: being part of a celebration which calls sinful sexual unions...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 9, 2015 7:23 AM

Ace of Spades HQ: The New Intolerance: We Are Now Required To Embrace Just About Everything, Except the Gutter Religion Christianity

Ace of Spades HQ: The New Intolerance: We Are Now Required To Embrace Just About Everything, Except the Gutter Religion Christianity The writer is an atheist, a fiscal and foreign policy conservative, not at all a social conservative. Bottom line:...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 1, 2015 3:07 AM