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A Biblical Vision of Marriage In Relation to Homosexuality

John Piper preached a sermon on Sunday, June 16, 2012, with the title, “Let Marriage Be Held in Honor” — Thinking Biblically About So-Called Same-Sex Marriage.”   In light of the proposed Marriage...

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Are “key Minnesota pastors opt[ing] out of marriage fight?

The sermon John Piper preached on June 16, 2012 (“Let Marriage Be Held in Honor” — Thinking Biblically About So-Called Same-Sex Marriage”), was referenced in an article by Rose French in the...

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Hispanic Christian Support of The Biblical Definition of Marriage Is a Matter...

Samuel “Sammy” Rodriguez serves as the President of The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC).* As a response to President Obama’s approval of same-sex marriage, this group of...

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How to discuss controversial cultural issues

This is a helpful discussion tip from Greg Koukl*, Founder and President of Stand to Reason, an apologetics ministry, about how to discuss “the most controversial issue of our time”: same-sex marriage....

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The Important Ministry of Chaplains

With the incredible cultural shifts marked by the moral dominos falling, and with increasing speed, one of the first to feel these effects will be our Evangelical (including but not limited to the...

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Marriage: What It Is, Why It Matters, and the Consequences of Redefining It

Ryan T. Anderson, co-author with Robert George and Sherif Gergis of the book, What Is Marriage?: Man and Woman: A Defense (New York: Encounter, 2012), has distilled the major thesis of the book into a...

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God, Marriage and the Supreme Court

This week the Supreme Court has before them two major decisions that address the legalization of same-sex marriage. As Christians, we need neither the vox populi, the voice of the populace, or the lex...

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Defending Marriage in our Contemporary Culture

In yesterday’s post I included Peter Leithart’s assessment of our Christian defense of marriage using the Bible. As he pondered that further, he had some additional thoughts: “The World Can’t Hear Us...

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Defense of and Support for Marriage: Natural Law and the Bible . . . A Better...

Greg Forster serves as the program director at the Kern Family Foundation, where he directs the Oikonomia Network, a national learning community of evangelical seminaries that equips pastors with a...

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Understanding God’s Creation of Male and Female Through Nature and Narrative

In a recent interview N. T. Wright affirms the complementarity of male and female, and he does so on two bases. First, he grounds the reality in nature. God created us male and female. This has been...

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A Few Books on Marriage

This past year Karen and I celebrated 33 years of marriage. I am grateful for my dear wife, and grow more grateful with each passing year. In the good providence of God he not only pronounced us...

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