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Sexuality
It’s all about Sex
Calvin Brown introduces this issue’s topic of sexuality, noting that our culture seems to have lost its way and what was only a few years ago taken for granted is now up for grabs. … Read more
Hath God Said …?
Dr. Edith Humphrey outlines the scriptural vision for human sexuality as a basis for her sober analysis of attempts to relativize Scripture and tradition at the point where they deal with homosexual practice as an abomination in the sight of God. She closes with reflections on a proposed rite for the blessing of same-sex unions. … Read more
How Men Really Think about Sex
By Paula Rinehart. A man's feelings about his sex life spills over into other important parts of his experience. Being turned down in his overture for sexual intimacy feels like rejection, comparable to the pain a woman feels when her husband won't listen to her. … Read more
Who Are We Listening To?
By Bryn MacPhail. If The Presbyterian Church in Canada is to have any hope of resolution on the issue of homosexuality, the discussions must aim to bridge the gap between the differing approaches to Scripture, as opposed to focusing on the contrary conclusions reached by each side. … Read more
A Journey Towards God
David Colpitts wishes homosexuality hadn't been his struggle, but because it so deeply reveals his need, it continually calls him into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, not unlike the other spiritual struggles many Christians have. … Read more
Same-Sex Partnerships? A Christian Perspective, by John Stott
Reviewed by Helga L. Stewart. John Stott’s little publication is a timely help in providing its readers with the well-laid-out arguments and biblical perspective that form the basis of the position taken on same-sex partnerships by the evangelical community, amongst others. … Read more
Marriage
By Ian Rennie. God has prepared us for marriage by creating us with gender. And He has given us instructions for successful marriage in the Bible. We need to believe God, rather than the experts. Matthew 19:1-9 is very specific about leaving our parents and becoming one with our spouse. … Read more
Editorial: The Tension Between Law And Gospel
By Calvin Brown. Among Christians there has always been a tension between law and gospel, between living in grace and forgiveness and the call to holiness and justice, between freedom to choose what we think best for us as individuals and losing our moral compass. … Read more
Beachhead at Lachine
By William Manson. The determined resistance to discipline at Lachine is only the start of an aggressive campaign to push the Church to change its 1994 ruling that homosexual practice a not Christian option. Those who are pushing for change are not on sabbatical. … Read more
Editorial: Homosexual Practice
By Calvin Brown. It is a real temptation to downplay the sinfulness of the homosexual lifestyle and follow the world's attitude, treating it as only one of many acceptable lifestyles. It is irresponsible to our youth to gloss over the sin of homosexual practice. … Read more
Executive Director’s Report Summer 1997
Calvin Brown compares how the Canadian Presbyterian General Assembly dealt with Darryl Macdonald, a self-confessed practising homosexual, and how the American Presbyterian General Assembly dealt with the amended and greatly weakened “Fidelity and Integrity” Amendment … Read more
Response to Homosexuality
By Patricia Allan. The issue of homosexuality demands a response of godly compassion from the Body of Christ. How serious it is to misrepresent God. We need to take a broad biblical response. The prohibitions are there, but we need a response that sees the whole person. … Read more
Threatening to Stretch the Tie that Binds Beyond Christian Elasticity
By J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. The 1996 General Assembly had to respond to an appeal from some members of the Presbytery of Montreal against that body’s decision to ordain to the ministry of word and sacrament a candidate who was living in an openly homosexual relationship and currently serving as an “interim minister” at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Lachine, Quebec. … Read more
Submission to General Assembly Committee
William Klempa, the Principal of Presbyterian College, Montreal, Quebec, presents arguments against the ordination of practicing homosexuals, based on biblical witness, Christian tradition, theological and moral principles, and Presbyterian Church polity. … Read more
Letter to the Editor
We the undersigned were shocked and disappointed to read in the Fall issue, the statement in Donald MacLeod’s report on the 1994 American General Assembly, p. 10, the national organization ‘Presbyterian Women,’ Meeting in Ames, Iowa, a month after Assembly, was dominated by the gay-lesbian lobby in the church.” Shocked, because we were present at this gathering and could not believe that Dr. MacLeod was writing about the same event. … Read more
The Human Sexuality Report
A promising, seventeen-page interim report on “Human Sexuality” which is now available for study asserts that a Christian sexual ethic will make wise use of tradition, reason and experience, but will subject these to the witness of Scripture. … Read more