Welcome to Semper Reformanda Radio, where the Bible alone and the Bible in its entirety is applied to all of life! In this episode, your co-hosts Tim Shaughnessy and Carlos Montijo address popular arguments against and misconceptions about the Biblical view of marriage and LGBTQs. We use an opinion piece published on a local newspaper and the article it criticizes, which was written by a local pastor, as object lessons.
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References
- http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/opinion/2016/04/30/jud-burgess-wreckless-approach-lgbtq-life/83770252/
- http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/lgbtstats/
- http://vftonline.org/Patriarchy/definitions/humanism_religion.htm
- http://thecripplegate.com/voddie-baucham-gay-is-not-the-new-black/
- http://turretinfan.blogspot.com/2015/11/james-white-same-sex-marriage-debate-vs.html
- Debate: Is Homosexuality Compatible with Christianity? (White vs Spong)
- Joel Osteen: "I Would Go To A Homosexual Marriage" "I'm Not Against Anything"
- 2013 EXTV | Episode 2 LGBT Agenda and the Church
- From Homosexual to New Creation - Darryl Foster
- Gay Christian Movement Watch
- Joe Dallas - Freedom from Homosexuality and Pornography
- Genesis Counseling
- “The Male Homosexual Subculture is Growing and is at 150 Times Greater HIV Risk”
The intro, as I've said before, it's epic. Carlos sounds legit speaking Greek. Could use a better outro, though. But overall, a five-star iTunes rating!
ReplyDeleteJoking aside, I enjoyed the program. It's stuff the church desperately needs to hear. I appreciate the fact you guys didn't pull any punches. Awesome.
I did have a question. What is your position on the authenticity of John 7:53-8:11?
Again, great podcast. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Robert. We're working on an outro that won't disappoint!
DeleteHere's the NKJV footnote to John 7:53:
The words "And everyone" through "sin no more" (8:11) are bracketed by NU-Text as not original. They are present in over 900 manuscripts of John.
I'm typically skeptical of biblical criticism that questions the validity of passages like this one, and tend to side with the NKJV translators. I recall James White believes it's not original, but I think it is. Here's an excellent article by Gordon Clark evaluating the arguments that textual critical scholars make:
http://trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=47
Biblical textual criticism is an extremely important and fascinating topic. I remember reading White's "King James Only Controversy" (http://store.aomin.org/the-king-james-only-controversy.html/) and agreeing with most of it, but he can be a bit too liberal in his textual views for me. He also believes that the Hebrew manuscripts underlying the Septuagint are "better," even though most of the OT references in the NT are from the Septuagint.
As for Mark's longer ending (vv. 16:9-20), I would say the same critique applies as above. Here's the NKJV footnote:
Verses 9–20 are bracketed in NU-Text as not original. They are lacking in Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, although nearly all other manuscripts of Mark contain them.
John MacArthur has an interesting sermon defending the view that it's not authentic (http://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/41-85/The-Fitting-End-to-Marks-Gospel), but I'm not convinced. Many of the arguments used to exclude passages like these are problematic and can be dangerous slippery slopes. It's like my pastor has said, when you cast doubt on sections of the Bible, it's all too easy to start doubting the rest of it.