Tag Archives: SSM

Dreher on SSM: What If I’m Wrong?

Posted on March 27, 2015 by PaulVK

Dreher John (pro-SSM) says David Brooks said it best in one of his earlier NYTimes columns: we shouldn’t merely have a right to marriage; society should be pressing gay couples to marry. We need the marriage culture too. Though we … Continue reading →

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How Affirming Same Sex Marriage Is Part of the Modern Secular State telling Christianity as a Religion to Learn its New Place

Posted on March 26, 2015 by PaulVK

The Growing Target of Affirming I mentioned in a previous post that church open and affirming statements are vague and I suspect will increasingly be outdated. The affirmation that I suspected is being asked or demanded is this, that the … Continue reading →

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Why I Sometimes Feel the Church’s Traditional Position on Same Sex Marriage Sucks and my Hunger for the Age to Come

Posted on March 24, 2015 by PaulVK

My Turtle Feelings are Inconsistent As I blog on the subject of the church’s position on sexual minorities I must confess that my feelings are inconsistent even if over the years my position on the subject hasn’t changed much. A … Continue reading →

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Has “Open and Affirming” as a Church Response to Gender Plurality Already Peaked?

Posted on March 23, 2015 by PaulVK

The Language of Open and Affirming When I started this I knew enough that “Affirming” was a label. Yesterday I thought I’d try to figure out how the label is used. Apparently it isn’t use with precision. The “open and … Continue reading →

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Teaching Turtles to Talk, Participating in the Same Sex Marriage Debate with City Church San Francisco

Posted on March 21, 2015 by PaulVK

“If We Don’t Talk About It Maybe It Will Go Away” (we say in denial) Of the hundreds of people who have read the posts in this series very few have commented directly. The most vocal comment has been “this … Continue reading →

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Where Denoms and other Religions Stand on SSM

Posted on March 20, 2015 by PaulVK

Pew Research

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City Church SF Changes Stance on Same Sex Couples

Posted on March 15, 2015 by PaulVK

Week 1 Letter from the City Church San Francisco Elder Board The Way Forward Blog Kevin De Young tweet Al Mohler Tweet Rachel Held Evans Tweet Denny Burk Christian Post and a Guest Contributor Spot Jes Kast-Keat Tweet Religion News Service … Continue reading →

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David Gushee on SSM

Posted on November 24, 2014 by PaulVK

The Dish The Reformation Project transcript Jonathan Merrit

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