Christianity21 Media Release

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:04 pm By Guest Contributor

Normal 0 0 1 514 2934 JoPa Productions, LLC 24 5 3603 10.260 0 0 0 Christianity21_MediaRelease.pdf Event’s Line-Up Challenges Perceptions of Church Conferences JoPa Productions presents an event featuring more than 20 women speaking into the state of Christianity in the 21st Century–but it’s not a women’s conference Minneapolis, MN August 20, 2009 – Christianity21 [http://www.Christianity21.com] is poised as an event that offers an innovative, holistic, and communal experience. It’s also featuring more than 20 women as the speakers–and... Read more

Video Blog: The Slippery Slope Doesn't Exist

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:04 pm By Guest Contributor

With Whom Should the Intersexed Have Sex? Even More on the Complexity of Gender

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:04 pm By Guest Contributor

Seriously, this stuff is a mind-bender for me. It changes everything, really. Why? Because it’s the exceptions into which the norms need to fit to make them “norms.” The doctrine of imago dei, the hallmark of which is so often misconstrued as rationality must take into account the human being with Down Syndrome. Is that human being, lacking the reasoning facilities of other human beings, also created in the image of God? Of course. And, so, when dictating with whom... Read more

Who Will Call Out John Piper?

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:04 pm By Tony Jones

So yesterday, John Piper once again entered crazy-television-evangelist territory and blamed a small tornado that jumped over Minneapolis and toppled a steeple on Central Lutheran Church on the fact that the ELCA delegate were down the street discussing whether to welcome practicing homosexuals into the clergy. He even implies in his post that the lack of warning by the National Weather Service shows that God cooked up this twister with her his pinky at the last minute. Of course, this... Read more

More on the Complexity of Gender

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:04 pm By Guest Contributor

Here’s a comment string from the last post that might be interesting… Confused and Hurting Sinner writes, most of the previous comments seem somewhat educated albeit cold & clincal. To me the elephant in the room that everyone seemed to ignore is a person that is transgender or no discernible gender is still a feeling, loving, human even if not treated like one by society. They are not a tree, rock or animal. they want to be cared about &... Read more

The Complexity of Gender

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:04 pm By Guest Contributor

It seems to me that the same people who take the stance that the Bible has a plain meaning in all cases also seem to assume that human sexuality is a pretty simple manner. There are men and there are women. Men are attracted to women and women are attracted to men. Any variance from that is an abnormality. Watch the video below the jump, then let’s talk… (more…) Read more

A Thoughtful, Reasonable, Pastoral Comment about Same Sex Sex

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:04 pm By Guest Contributor

There have been some real gems among the hundreds and hundreds of comments left on this blog in the past couple weeks. Among those that bear repeating is this one from Edward Green: To begin to understand the Bible’s views (and they are various) on sexuality you need to get into the culture. Sex was something that came with marriage. For women between the ages of 14 and 18. For men probably a little later. Scripture supports what we see... Read more