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Response to the “Deathly Ill” Letter #3: Invitation

The so-called Deathly Ill letter is partly a theological treatise, but primarily, it’s an invitation.  The key phrase is halfway through: We invite like-minded pastors and elders to a gathering on August 25-27 in Minneapolis to explore joining this movement … Continue reading

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

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

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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