GAY TRUTH

We must view the present-day controversy over homosexuality as evidence that some have rejected the authority of the Word of God : even some in the church. It is possible for the “law to be lost” among those who claim to be followers of God, and there is indeed a “famine in the land … a famine for hearing the words of the LORD” (see Ezekiel 7:26 and Amos 8:11–12).  Many in the contemporary church have been drinking from the well of relativism rather than consuming the absolute truth of God’s Word. This is precisely what society at large has done in previous generations; they have denied the existence of that which is absolute, invariant, and universal. They have denied God’s Word, and, as a result, call that which is evil good and good evil. This error has crept into the church, and she has embraced this re-tooled idol (Ezekiel 33:17–20).  In truth, Christianity stands against relativism . Christianity is grounded upon the basis of antithesis: God is distinct from...

Only a few days ahead of the then-upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Family, two major lay organizations in Germany – the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) and the Association of the German Catholic Youth (BDKJ) – have both made statements detailing their wishes for the outcome of the Synod. The official website of the German Bishops' Conference , katholisch.de,   quotes the President   of the German Catholic Youth Organization , Wolfgang Ehrenlechner, saying that he would be disappointed if the Synod, “will merely make a recommendation that one should treat the remarried divorcees in a more generous manner.” He hoped the Church would accept the empirical factual disparities, i.e. the worldwide cultural differences, so that the local churches themselves, “based on the Christian Faith, may lead their own discussions about how the faithful can lead their personal lives in their varied relationships, in light of a Christian responsibility.” Ehrenlechner al...