Monthly Archives: June 2011

Response to the “Deathly Ill” Letter #2: Why it won’t work

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Jonathan

You seem to think that you can actually separate the church – that you can divide the good old-fashioned Bible-believing family-values anti-gay Christians from the homosexual heretics and those who support them . Just cleanly pull the two groups apart, … Continue reading →

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Fulfilling the law

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Jonathan

Last Sunday’s sermon text was Matthew 5:17-20. Here’s an exercise for you: read the whole rest of the Sermon on the Mount, and then fill in the blank with the word you think Jesus is most likely to have used … Continue reading →

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Response to the “Deathly Ill” Letter (#1)

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Jonathan

For the past few months I’ve been meaning to respond to a letter that’s been circulating in the Presbyterian Church (USA), nicknamed the “deathly ill” letter (from a phrase it its first paragraph). This will probably be the first of … Continue reading →

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Introduction

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Jonathan

I’m Jonathan, and this is my little house on the Internet. Come on in and make yourself comfortable. First blog posts are a sort of genre of their own — a dreadfully dull genre, I’m afraid — wherein I introduce … Continue reading →

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