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Jesus died so that heterosexual and homosexual sinners might be saved. Jesus created sexuality, and has a clear will for how it is to be experienced in holiness and joy. His will is that a man might leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and that the two become one flesh ( Mark 10:6–9 ). In this union, sexuality finds its God-appointed meaning, whether in personal-physical unification, symbolic representation, sensual jubilation, or fruitful procreation. For those who have forsaken God’s path of sexual fulfillment, and walked into homosexual intercourse or heterosexual extramarital fornication or adultery, Jesus offers astonishing mercy. Such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. ( 1 Corinthians 6:11 ) But today this salvation from sinful sexual acts was not embraced. Instead there was massive institutionalization of sin. In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court of t

The Supreme Court issued its ruling on the case of of Obergefell v. Hodges , which is consolidated with three other cases—Tanco v. Haslam (Tennessee); DeBoer v. Snyder (Michigan); Bourke v. Beshear (Kentucky). These cases challenged two issues concerning whether the Fourteenth Amendment must guarantee the right for same-sex couples to marry. What issues was the court asked to decide? The two issues that were answered in this case are: 1. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex? 2. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state? These are known as the “marriage” and “recognition” questions, respectively. The Court answered both in the affirmative. What did the Court rule? The Court ruled the Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recogni

We and many others made the case to our culture that traditional marriage is God’s good design, that this institution, embodied by a man and a woman joining together, leads to social flourishing. But our culture is not convinced. Much to our disappointment, it is now the law of the land to permit other forms of “marriage.” The temptation is to go off and sulk in our holy corner. Or to dig in our heels and fight harder. Or to lash out in anger. Or to despair. We can do better. Like taking to heart especially the Beatitudes: Rejoice in what exactly? Let’s just note the big things: That God has not gone anywhere. That Christ’s death and resurrection remain the power of salvation for all. That the gospel still goes forth. That the gates of the Supreme Court or Congress cannot prevail against Christ’s church. That there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. That the kingdom will come—and that there remains a great deal of vital work for us to do in the churc

Russell Moore outside the Supreme Court AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges: “I am disappointed the Supreme Court today chose to change the centuries old definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. I’m a firm believer in traditional marriage, and I also believe the 10th Amendment leaves it to each state to decide this issue. I fundamentally disagree with the court rewriting the law and assaulting the 10th Amendment. Our founding fathers did not intend for the judicial branch to legislate from the bench, and as president, I would appoint strict Constitutional conservatives who will apply the law as written.” Photo credit:  Ted Eytan

GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said he “strongly disagreed” with the Supreme Court's decision Friday to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide but acknowledged it is “now the law of the land.” “I call on Congress to make sure deeply held religious views are respected and protected,” Carson said in a statement issued following the court's historic ruling. “The government must never force Christians to violate their religious beliefs.” The Medal of Freedom recipient’s reaction to the ruling, which struck down all same-sex marriage bans across the country, stands in stark contrast to those of his fellow GOP presidential candidates . Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee called the ruling “irrational” and “unconstitutional.” Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who launched his presidential campaign on Wednesday, said the decision would “pave the way for an all out assault against the religious freedom rights of Christians who disagree with this decision.” GOP front-runner, former Gov.

Image:Wilsonnflfootball.jpg, modified to have a transparent background. All rights released to the original author. The original description was: "Picture of generic football, GFDL, that FutureNJGov took a while back (2003? 2004?) for a school project. FutureNJGov shrunk it down in size and uploaded it to Wikipedia for a free image of a football." (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The homophobes are everywhere in the NFL . Just ask Michael Sam, a top college football player who wasn't quite good enough to make the cut in this year's NFL season,  but was good, or famous, or famously gay, or  something  enough, to be  GQ's Man of the Year : The athlete won the award despite having not yet played an on-season game in the NFL. He was cut from the Rams squad in August, but was later picked for a Dallas Cowboys practice team, only to be dropped again in October.  When asked by  TMZ  why he thought he was not on the roster of an NFL team, Sam said; 'I think I w