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Saturday, 12 May 2012
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Clearly this topic is
the hottest around, in many different circles, and certainly among
evangelical Christians. There was some talk it was the hottest topic in the
history of Twitter. We are providing seven more links to the best of the rest
out there.
In case you missed it, here is the initial offering of eight articles on the topic.
Most of the names on
the list below are familiar to our readers, but many may not recognize Matt
Tuininga. Matt served as The Aquila Report News Editor's (Don Clements)
summer preaching intern a few years ago while a student at Westminster West.
He is now a PhD candidate at Emory University in Atlanta. Here is a tease
from his blog article on the topic:
In the three years I
have spent at a major American research university, pursuing my PhD in the
field of Ethics and Society (as a concentration of Religion), there is no
issue on which I have seen more browbeating, shameless slander, and
manipulative argument than on the issue of homosexuality. Students who are
concerned about the moral ramifications of theological or political approval
of homosexuality, whether undergraduates, seminarians, or PhD Candidates like
myself are literally terrified to offer careful, reasoned arguments on the
subject, because they know they will not be heard. They will be described as
bigots, charged with having an anti-gay agenda, or simply receive the silent
treatment of utter astonishment. To argue against the morality of same-sex
relationships at a research campus today is for many academics akin to
arguing that we should be racist.
There, I said it. The
academy is not capable of having an honest, substantive conversation about
the morality and justice of homosexuality. The issue is discussed, but only
superficially and sentimentally.
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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
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