Gay Marriage: Analysis Of Newsweek's Article
Post 1: The Beginning
Post 2: Journalistic Integrity
Post 3: Bible And Marriage
Post 4: Homosexuality and the Bible
Post 5: Remaining Issues
Dr. Darrell Bock is Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He also is Professor for Spiritual Development and Culture there. He is an Editor at Large for Christianity Today and is a Past President of the Evangelical Theological Society (2000-2001). He is the author of over twenty books and is a New York Times Best Selling author. He has been blogging on this site since May, 2006.
I heard Dr. Dobson's program a couple of days ago. I was a little surprised to be agreeing with Senator Obama on one of his points. I do not see the United States as an exclusively Christian nation, either. Whether we read surveys from the Pew Foundation or from Barna, we can see that only a small minority of Americans embrace a substantially Christian worldview. Therefore, we need to make broader appeals to natural law and reasoning in order to protect our rights and the rights of others (especially the pre-born). Certainly we should use biblical arguments, too, because they are true. However, we need to realize that Christians are not a majority within our nation. We should be included, but we must recognize that we will not dominate the political discourse. We are in a humble position, but sometimes we do not recognize it.