When We Understand The Text
Ephesians 5:22 says, “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.” “Whoa! Time out!” the egalitarian interrupts. “The verse right before it says, ‘Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.’ And verse 25 says, “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church.” So a husband must submit, too! Well, …
Deuteronomy 22:28-29 says, “If a man meets a virgin who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found, then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated …
JD Greear (quoting Jen Wilkin): “‘We ought to whisper about what the Bible whispers about, and we ought to shout about what it shouts about.’ And the Bible appears more to whisper when it comes to sexual sin compared to its shouts about materialism and religious pride.” It’s religious pride to preach the Bible …
If Jesus had been a baker instead of a carpenter, would Jesus bake a cake for a gay wedding? Of course not. In Matthew 19:4-6, Jesus said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and …
Jesus never said anything condemning homosexuality, so that must mean it’s okay, right? Well, based on that argument, you could also say that Jesus never condoned it either, so that must mean it’s wrong. There are actually a lot of things Jesus didn’t say. (He also didn’t say pedophilia is wrong, but surely you …