“A DEVOUT UNCERTAINTY”: WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST TODAY? I would not present this section of my discussion of homosexuality to a workshop at the Annual Gathering of CBF, because a panel discussion would occur with different Baptist voices representing all four of these broad … Read more about A Devout Uncertainty: Homosexuality and the Church
Tupper’s ‘Homosexuality and the Church’ option (4of4)
Option 4. Variation in God's Design for Creation: “Welcoming and Celebrating!” The union of a man and a woman in the covenant of marriage constitutes the normative purpose of God for humanity in the goodness of creation. The goal in the relationship of male and female is the intensifying … Read more about Tupper’s ‘Homosexuality and the Church’ option (4of4)
Tupper’s ‘Homosexuality and the Church’ option (3of4)
Option 3. Homosexuality ‘In the Shadow of Human Fallenness’: “Accommodation” It has become increasingly clear that the homosexual orientation is not essentially a choice or an environmental production: It is more than an orientation because it roots in the personhood of the homosexual male or … Read more about Tupper’s ‘Homosexuality and the Church’ option (3of4)
Tupper’s ‘Homosexuality and the Church’ option (2of4)
Option 2. Deviation from God's Intention in Creation: “Welcoming but Not Affirming” The second option shifts the argument by distinguishing between homosexual behavior and homosexual persons. The advocates of this viewpoint generally accept the biblical warrants against homosexual activity … Read more about Tupper’s ‘Homosexuality and the Church’ option (2of4)
Tupper’s ‘Homosexuality and the Church’ option (1of4)
Option 1. The Rejection of God's Design for Creation: Homosexuality as a “Perversion'- The proponents of this historic but fundamentally negative understanding of homosexuality demonstrate the complete rejection of homosexual activity as well as the homosexual person, because a person is bound … Read more about Tupper’s ‘Homosexuality and the Church’ option (1of4)
Baptists, Homosexuality, and the Church
Fifteen or sixteen months ago I sent a workshop proposal on “Homosexuality and the Church” to Bo Prosser and Dan Vestal, and I attempted to explain the rationale behind the proposal. Homosexuality is the single most significant, emotional, and divisive issues in the United States today, and Baptists … Read more about Baptists, Homosexuality, and the Church