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.
Anonymous:
Thank you for taking the time to express yourself here. The differences are clear as you note. By the way, there was nothing indignant in the reply. Disagreement does not equal indignancy. We just do not agree that all the passages in Scripture work the same way or in the same way (something I think you also are trying to argue in your own way. Something almost all biblical interpreters do recognize takesplace in the Bible). I find it ironic you can seek to explain it one way but the other explanation is not possible. As to whether homosexuality was not discussed in the past; it was and was seen as immoral. Your observation about the Greeks makes the point. Your key argument is people are created this way and that. I agree that people are created with a variety of tendencies but that alone does not make those tendencies right or moral (I can think of simple categories like being capable of sin in general or something specfic like a susceptibility to drug addiction).
dlb