by Brad Blocksom | Mar 15, 2016 | Church Life, Evangelicalism, Evangelism, Homosexuality, Leadership, Messy Church, Practical Theology, The Vineyard Movement
I recently shared a post from Pastor Mike Turrigiano about his friendship with Lonnie Frisbee – a controversial figure from the early days of the Vineyard movement (and Calvary Chapel for that matter). For those who don’t know the history, Lonnie was known...
by Kenny Burchard | Apr 25, 2015 | Cultural Engagement, Discipleship, Ethics, Gender Issues, Homosexuality, Marriage, Practical Theology, Sex
And now for a really geeky (but hopefully helpful) post about the usage and meaning of the word porneia in the book of Revelation. The word-group related to πορνεία (porneia) occurs 55 times in the entire New Testament. Interestingly, there are 19 occurrences of the...
by Kenny Burchard | Jan 2, 2015 | Ethics, Family, Gender Issues, Homosexuality, Marriage, Practical Theology, Sex
Every once in a while, when you least expect it, you hear someone say something that so resonates with you that you tell yourself, That is exactly how I feel about what he/she is saying, and until I come up with something better, that is how I am going to answer every...
by Think Theology | Oct 15, 2014 | Church Life, Ethics, Homosexuality, Messy Church, Practical Theology
Per our mission of fostering theological conversation, ThinkTheology.org is hosting a conversation between Bill Hoard and our very own Luke Geraty in regards to homosexuality and the Church. This is a six part series where Bill will offer a perspective and Luke will...
by Think Theology | Sep 24, 2014 | Church Life, Ethics, Homosexuality, Messy Church, Missional, Practical Theology
Per our mission of fostering theological conversation, ThinkTheology.org is hosting a conversation between Bill Hoard and our very own Luke Geraty in regards to homosexuality and the Church. This is going to be a six part series where Bill will offer a perspective and...
by Luke Geraty | Mar 20, 2014 | Homosexuality, Soteriology, Systematic Theology, The Kingdom of God, Theological Studies
As a pastor, I’ve interacted with numerous people who have struggled with the desire to have a lot of sex with as many people as possible. Generally speaking, this struggle has come from men, but I’m sure there are women who have this desire. At any rate,...
by Able Baker | Oct 3, 2013 | Cultural Engagement, Disciple Making, Gender Issues, Homosexuality, Mental Illness, Messy Church, Sex
Take moment to read these short news stories from The Telegraph: (1) “Belgian killed by euthanasia after a botched sex change operation” and (2) “Mother of sex change Belgian: ‘I don’t care about his euthanasia death’“. In an...
by Luke Geraty | Jul 15, 2013 | Homosexuality
One of the responses that people have towards the practice of homosexuality is that it’s unnatural. These people say things like, “Animals aren’t gay, so that proves that it’s not how God made people.” When I was growing up, this was...
by Luke Geraty | Mar 18, 2012 | Cultural Engagement, Homosexuality, Marriage, New Testament, Old Testament, Scripture, Sex
A common question that is posed when discussing how the New Testament addresses the issue of homosexuality is as follows: Are there differences between the homosexuality addressed in the New Testament (1st century) and the monogamous homosexuality that is being...
