Tag Archives: SSM

A few thoughts for today on the CRC and the Same Sex Marriage Conversation

Posted on January 14, 2016 by PaulVK

This conversation heated up on Voices again. These are a few thoughts for today. 1. There were a number of possible paths that the Study committee could have taken. They choose to give guidelines to outline the implied limits of … Continue reading →

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Matthew Vines on Moody Bible Radio

Posted on December 7, 2015 by PaulVK

With Dr. Michael Brown

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Same Sex Marriage as Theological Crisis for the CRC

Posted on December 3, 2015 by PaulVK

The Standard Narrative of Progressive Liberationism Many Americans, Christian or not assume a narrative that lines up the following into a new American civil rights manifest destiny. In the American Civil War and Abolitionist movement American abolished slavery In the … Continue reading →

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The LDS Church and Same Sex Marriage

Posted on November 20, 2015 by PaulVK

The Atlantic

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Responses to the 2016 CRC Report on Pastoral Guidance for Same Sex Marriage

Posted on November 12, 2015 by PaulVK

YALT report My initial report CTS Forum on Same Sex Relationships Oct 2015

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Fearing for the Shire: My Initial Read of the Synod 2016 Report on Pastoral Guidance re Same Sex Couples

Posted on November 6, 2015 by PaulVK

The long anticipated report on Pastoral Care Guidance to Same-sex couples is now public. There isn’t a lot of time between now and Synod in June so we should make haste in figuring out how to talk about this as … Continue reading →

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African Perspective on the Same Sex Marriage Debate

Posted on September 17, 2015 by PaulVK

First Things My first “welcome to America” moment occurred when I invited an imam to my Introduction to Islam class at Columbia Theological Seminary.The imam talked about the basic tenets of Islam for an hour and asserted, among other things, … Continue reading →

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How the SCOTUS Decision on Same Sex Marriage made Church Affirmation of Same Sex Marriages Increasingly Obsolete

Posted on August 14, 2015 by PaulVK

Two articles seem to illustrate the state of the conversation. What its like being a gay Christian rock star Kristen Stewart’s Sexual Revolution Message 1: The church should accept that some people are hardwired towards attraction to the same gender … Continue reading →

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Reformation 21 Review of James Brownson’s Book

Posted on August 10, 2015 by PaulVK

Reformation 21

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Is Celibacy the New Ex-Gay Therapy?

Posted on July 26, 2015 by PaulVK

The Daily Beast

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