Alcohol and the SBC
It is true that the Bible says nothing about alcohol consumption being a sin. Many Southern Baptist are still against the use of alcohol even though the use of it isn’t a sin. Many of those who oppose it do so because of its destructive nature, not because of what the Bible says about it. There are many Biblical warnings which are clear and indisputable references of alcohol. The truth is alcohol is dangerous, destructive, and it has a tendency to kill people, so most Southern Baptist are resolved in saying that we should oppose something that destroys human life rather than values it. The Baptist opposition to alcohol is upsetting to some people. Is it the fact that we would openly oppose something that isn’t necessarily considered a sin in of...
Love Won Out Billboards Are Vandalized In St. Louis
I was reading the paper a while back and saw an article on a group of roadside billboards that were vandalized. This of course immediately caught my eye, and even more so when I saw what the billboards were about. The billboard was bearing a photograph of an African-Amercian ex-gay man and it quoted him saying “I Questioned Homosexuality: Change is Possible”. This is only one of many of the billboards that were vandalized in attacks against the Love Won Out conferences that were offered in St. Louis on February 25th. Exodus International placed these billboards in the St. Louis area in conjunction with the upcoming conference presented by Focus on the Family which is designed to offer help for people who struggle with unwanted same-sex attractions. Gay...
I’m Born That Way!
There is an interesting and intriguing discussion going on over at He Lives. Check out David’s post from Monday, January 17, 2005 entitled “This Post Calls Someone A Heretic”. The post deals with the view on Homosexuality being genetic and whether or not it really matters. A large majority of Christians, including myself, have run into the discussion of homosexuality armed with a variety of reasons why homosexuality is not genetic with the premise that we must defend Christianity by proving that God would never intentionally make someone a homosexual. This was a position that I defended whole-heartedly and yet now David has called this view into question. His post brings some light to the subject that I had never really thought of. Maybe...
A Right To Privacy Or A Right To Life?
Today is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Our pastor preached on the value of human life and how human life is sacred. Life is a precious gift from the father and we are but stewards of what God has given us. It’s our obligation to protect human life, not destroy it due to our own individual decisions or inconveniences. It got me thinking about abortion and the issues related to it and I remembered a post I had started a long time ago but never finished. Now, I have a question for you. Does personal privacy and choice override human life? I was reading several cases today that led up to Roe vs. Wade and I downloaded the entire transcript and articles from those involved in that decision and from what I have seen the common theme is personal privacy as...
Christian Liberty
In the matter of Christian ethics I believe the Bible speaks distinctively to actions of the redeemed with undeniable and irrefutable moral absolutes. It speaks specifically to what is right and wrong and gives a general premise of what God declares as morally right. It does not, however, speak to all issues with the same specificity and general conception, thus leaving some things we deal with as Christians without answers as to whether a particular action is wholly right or wrong. Could there actually be issues that are left up to the believer to decide whether or not it is right or wrong for them to do? Doesn’t that sound just like relativism (what is right for you may not necessarily be right for me and vise versa), which is something that you all know I...