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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The Draft Social Statement on Human Sexuality - - Part III

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DSSHS and Antinomianism Classically, ‘antinomianism’ applies to any theological position that downgrades the authority or integrity of the...
Monday, July 28, 2008

The Draft Social Statement on Human Sexuality: Part II

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DSSHS and the Divine “As If” As others have pointed out, the term ‘Trinity’ occurs but once in the document, and there the three distincti...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

The ELCA Draft Social Statement on Human Sexuality: Part I

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Over the next few days I shall publish here my response to the ELCA Sexuality Statement. Below is Part I: Since the time of David Hume (171...
Friday, July 04, 2008

Why is the "Literal Sense" so Problematic? - An Excursus on the Sexuality Issue

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Believers in the pews are often bewildered how it can be that theologians and church leaders often proclaim positions at glaring odds with w...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

Thinking Hegelian Thoughts

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It can happen to you anywhere, and sometimes with the least provocation. You can be having a good day, a clear day, a day when you know wh...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Why Worry about Not Being Able to Do Other than What One Did Do?

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So many Lutherans care so desperately about freedom that one would think it is part of our tradition. Of course, in some sense it clearly i...
Sunday, February 17, 2008

The "Sexuality Issue"

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Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are confused these days about sexuality. They want to figure out if engaging in...
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