Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Thursday, March 21, 2013

(Podcast Interview): Dr. Robert Gagnon & Gay Issues in Church

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Same-Sex Temptations in the Church: An Interview with Robert Gagnon

Authors on the Line

October 30, 2012| by Robert Gagnon and Tony Reinke| Topic: Homosexuality

You're listening to Same-Sex Temptations in the Church: An Interview with Robert Gagnon

Dr. Robert Gagnon is a professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a man who has for many years bravely addressed homosexuality from a biblical and theological perspective. In 2002 he published a 500-page book The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics.

I put Dr. Gagnon on the line, peppered him with the following questions, and he kindly responded to each of them.

What role does the Church play in demythologizing sexuality in modern culture?
In the life of a professing Christian, what makes homosexual practice “an act of unbelief”?
Should we be okay with a professing believer who self-identifies as “a celibate gay Christian”?
What advice do you have for Christian parents who are fearful that their children will experience same-sex attraction in the teen years?
What are churches doing well in engaging those who struggle with same-sex attraction? What are churches doing poorly?
What guiding principles will help us to love and reach out to our homosexual neighbors?

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