Darkened in Their Thoughts

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two decisions on same-sex marriage that everyone agrees will be seminal in defining the acceptance of LGBT sexuality for decades to come.  How as Christians are we supposed to view this?  I find two things striking about Christian thinking on this issue.  First, a lot of thinking—especially …

One and Several Covenants

Now that the holidays are over I am catching up on the lectionary readings for the past couple of weeks (see my associated site, "A Covenantal Lectionary").  The Old Testament readings from last week cover the incident of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac on the mount of the Lord in Moriah (the future site of …