Some documents such as overtures and reports are included in the section Is Same-Sex Marriage Biblical as they address specifically what the Bible teaches on the topic. Other material, such as the letter signed by Calvin University faculty and staff are included in this section as they deal with the topic, but not in a […]
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Statement For Overture 20 – We Need To Delay So More Studying Can Be Done . Statement: Local Discernment Can Bear Healthier Fruit And Helps Avoid The False Idol Of Certainty Overture 20 contains the following statement about local discernment: Local discernment can bear healthier fruit on some vulnerable, contentious matters because it is harmful […]
. Statement For Overture 20 – We Need To Delay So More Studying Can Be Done . The heading of Overture 20, as contained in the Agenda to Synod reads as follows: Overture 20: Amend Recommendations of the Human Sexuality Report; Continue Deliberation re Human Sexuality; Delegate the Issue of Same-Sex Marriage as a Decision […]
Level 4 Statement for The Bible Is Not Our Only Standard Statement: We Need To Be Led By The Spirit, Focusing On Christ I thought the comment about those who’ve changed their minds (Brownson, Wolterstorff, and Achtemeier) after making friends with LGBT people was interesting. What struck me is that you turned from there to […]
Level 4 STATEMENT AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Statement: What Ought Not To Be Done Verse 28: “And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.” Verse 28 explicitly carries the same message as the shameless message of verse 27, […]
Level 4 STATEMENT AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Statement: Shameless Acts, Not “Acts Committed Shamelessly” Romans 1:27 states in clear terms that when men were involved sexually with other men those were “shameless acts” (aschemosyne). It does not say they “committed acts in a shameless, or excessive manner.” The latter is what is required to arrive at […]
Level 4 STATEMENT AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Statement: “Consumed” Indicates Mutual Love, Not Excessive Acts One of the four key words James Brownson points to in his claim that Romans 1 only prohibits excessive acts is the word “consumed” in verse 27. Love and sexual appetites often are accompanied by passion. It is very difficult to […]
Level 4 STATEMENT AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Statement: Verse 26b and “Nature” The ESV is fairly typical of English translations of verse 26b: “For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature . . .” A more precise translation of the particular Greek words Paul used in the verse is: “. . […]
Level 4 STATEMENT AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Statement: The Words Females and Males Contrary to what most English translations have, Paul did not use the words “women” and “men” in verses 26 and 27. Rather, a better translation would be “For their females exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the males […]
Level 4 STATEMENT AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Statement: “For” Refutes the Meaning of Excessive “For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature . . .” Romans 1:26 (Bold and italics added.) Some commentators hold that the “for” of verse 26b is causal in nature. […]