What makes God mad? Ezekiel 22 gives a few answers. Misuse of Power. God values life and despises any use of power that results in bloodshed. Idolatry. We should pledge our ultimate allegiance to God and to nobody and nothing else. Disrespecting Parents. Ouch! That’s a big one for us. Oppressing Immigrants. We should care [...]
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Day 150: Esther 1-5
Posted in Bible in a Year 2011-2012, Sexuality, tagged beauty, heterosexuality, homosexuality, life, sexual orientation, spirituality on January 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A reader of Dr. Richard Beck’s blog recently commented with these words: —————————————- When you say homosexuality is a sin, you are saying I am a sin. That all of us that are queer are sins. I exist. I am queer. Those two statements can’t be separated. There is no straight ‘I’ to exist. There [...]
Day 37: Leviticus 16-18
Posted in Bible in a Year 2011-2012, Leviticus, Sexuality, tagged God, human dignity, sex, sexual purity, Sexuality, speech on October 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I heard that a guest speaker visited my college before I enrolled there. He began his chapel speech by shouting, “SEX!” He captured his listeners’ attention but lost it as soon as they learned that the rest of his speech had nothing to do with the word! Leviticus 18 says a lot about sexuality, but [...]
Still Coming Out?
Posted in Sexuality, tagged Christianity, homosexuality, Jesus, university on November 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On Monday I picked up a student newspaper from the stand just inside the main entrance of the Campus Life Center on the USC Upstate campus. It was an October issue, but it was still there in the stand. I don’t know how frequently it is published. Today there was a different issue in the [...]
Coming Out
Posted in Sexuality, tagged Christianity, Church, college, coming out, GLBT, homosexuality, university on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Carolinian is a student newspaper published at the University of South Carolina Upstate, where I teach a couple of classes each semester. The October 15 issue included a front-page article about the National Coming Out Day celebration on the Upstate campus, which was held on October 10. People wore tee shirts proclaiming, “Gay? Fine [...]
