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.
James:
It is far more subtle to argue that the "spirit of Scripture" allows for faithful homosexuality, when homosexuality is consistently condemned in the Bible and argued for as evidence of a moral lack in society (both OT and NT) than to argue that polygamy gets its proponents into trouble and thus is seen as less than ideal. Also I still find no one arguing that by the time we get to the NT we have moved away fromany claims about polygamy. My point about counter-tone texts in a previous responses to a comment applies here as well.
dlb