by Michael Gregg | May 24, 2019 | Opinion
My young daughters love the movie, “The Princess Bride.” They copy the fast-paced bantering of Billy Crystal and Karol Cane as Miracle Max brings Cary Elwes’ character, Westley, back from death. They shout “as you wish” to one another while rolling down hills. They...
by Keith Herron | May 24, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Dec. 5, 2006. Herron was senior pastor at Holmeswood Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri, at the time of publication. It is republished today in light of this week’s EthicsDaily.com series focused on LGBTQI+ persons,...
by John D. Pierce | May 23, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce It is simply impossible to love others as oneself, to fully empathize with those who truly suffer, and to do all the things Jesus called his followers to do while holding a false sense of victimization. This fear-induced insecurity and, therefore,...
by Mitch Randall | May 23, 2019 | Opinion
Let me begin this way: I am both welcoming and affirming of LGBTQ people. I have come to the conclusion that God created humanity with various sexual identities and orientations. Therefore, the church should not hinder LGBTQ Christians from full inclusion into the...
by Cody J. Sanders | May 23, 2019 | Opinion
I celebrate 10 years of ordained ministry in a little over a month. For the last four years, I’ve served as pastor to a congregation in Harvard Square. But I’ve been “playing church” since I was 5 years old. In a chapel built for me by my father and grandfather, in a...
by Holly Hollman | May 23, 2019 | Opinion
Does the U.S. Constitution require religious exemptions to certain LGBT rights? Can state laws protect the full and equal enjoyment of public facilities by LGBT people despite religious objections of some store owners? How should we respond to religious and other...
