No argument is more effective in promoting gay marriage than the insistence that its rejection offends our sense of justice and equality, especially as concern for the underprivileged and marginalized lies at the heart of our Judeo-Christian heritage. Many today believe it patently “unfair” and “unjust” to ban an entire group of people from the benefits of marriage merely because they happen to be attracted to people of the same sex… . Continue Reading »
What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense by Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert P. George Encounter, 168 pages, $15.99 No argument is more effective in promoting gay marriage than the insistence that its rejection offends our sense of justice and equality, especially as concern for the . . . . Continue Reading »
The death of a loved one is excruciatingly painful, and it would seem wrong to ask moral questions about the appropriateness of someone’s grief, as if it were possible to hold our emotions in check at such horribly difficult times. It would appear cruel to imply to those in mourning that there is . . . . Continue Reading »
Ascension Theology by Douglas Farrow T&T Clark, 177 pages, $27.95 Simply put,” writes Douglas Farrow, “our choice is between a doctrine of the Ascension that truly affirms our humanity in Christ and one that secretly or openly denies it.” In this book, a sequel to his much . . . . Continue Reading »
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