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 very much appreciated your tone in response to the above. Romans 14 asks believers to be considerte of the views of other believers. Often one's enthusiasm for a particular doctrine, or practice supercedes our compassion for the image of God in others.
My question concerns your understanding of Colossians 2:14 in light of Isaiah 66:23. If "the handwriting ordinances" means that the ceremonial law was done away with, how does one reconcile that with the practice of the New Moon and the Sabbath at the time of the New Heaven and Earth. Practice of the seventh-day Sabbath is an emotional, inflammatory issue. The New Moon is a much ignored, seldom practiced and biblically mandated at some point.
What do you make of this apparent discrepancy between the popular conception that the Sabbath/New Moon were in place from Mount Sinai to the Cross, then done waway with for a time, and then restored at some future date? Doesn't this seem to be at odds with the concept of immutability expressed in James 1:17 and Malachi 3:16? Curious for your insight!!