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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for June 2012 President Obama became the first sitting U.S. President to support same-sex marriage.

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When the Bride Is a Groom

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 18, 2020 7:31 PM

Same-sex marriage is not about tolerance, freedom, or justice. It’s about something else

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Sexuality and Gender

The Film 1946 Succeeds at Very Little

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 1, 2024 8:22 PM

Does the film 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture succeed in using Scripture to make the case that God approves of same-sex relationships? Alan explains three reasons why the film’s...

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Once Gay, Always Gay?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for August 2013 The “experts” have spoken. Change in sexual orientation is not possible.

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Compromise Is Not an Option

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for June 2013 Do you agree with God? What would it take for you to declare something good that God says is bad?

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An LGBT Defense Misses a Biblical Point

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

For Christ, the cross literally meant giving up everything, even His own life. He denied His own will to do the will of the Father. God expects no less from us when it comes to the matter of sex.

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Palestinian Culture Creates Unique Challenges

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM

Different cultures create different challenges, and that makes speaking internationally both challenging and interesting. Here’s one way this played out in Alan’s recent trip to the West Bank.

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Is Denying Same-sex Marriage Like Denying Interracial Marriage?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 4, 2020 1:43 PM

Despite the rhetorical force of making the comparison, merely claiming it’s the same does not make it so.

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Does My Question for Pro-Gay Theology Advocates Have a Fourth Option?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Alan posed a question to pro-gay theology advocates: Should we believe that Jesus was wrong, the Church has been wrong, or you are wrong? But is there a fourth option?

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Worshiping Images of Ourselves

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM

Justin Taylor has an interesting and helpful post that takes the reader step by step through the second half of Romans 1.

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A Reformation the Church Doesn’t Need – Part 1

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

A New Reformation is a reformation we do not need. These people are organized, serious, and single-minded—and you need to be ready for them, because and they are coming to your church.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology

To Give a Good Answer, Sometimes You Have to Change the Question

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

Sometimes we need to explain the bigger biblical picture in order to answer a person’s specific question.

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The Reformation the Church Doesn’t Need

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

The Church has always been under attack.... Although many threats are external, some come from within.

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Do Christians Hate People Who Identify as Gay or Lesbian?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 30, 2019 11:50 PM

Many people who identify as gay or lesbian think that Christians hate them and so does God, but this isn’t the case. Alan explains why.

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Does God Punish Gay People for Being Who They Are?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 1, 2019 5:11 PM

Here's today's challenge: "If God made people gay and they don’t have a choice in the matter because they were born with that orientation, then isn’t it unfair that He punishes them for just being...

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Interview: Alan Shlemon – Concerns about the Unconditional Conference

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 11, 2023 1:38 AM

Greg talks to Alan Shlemon, who attended the Unconditional Conference at Andy Stanley’s church, about the good and bad of what was taught there, how those who promote pro-gay theology viewed the...

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A Question to Ask Those Who Adopt Pro-Gay Theology

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Those who adopt pro-gay theology are asking us to believe one of three options. Which of the following should we believe?

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An Assessment of Andy Stanley’s Unconditional Conference

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 11, 2023 8:40 PM

Alan Shlemon explains three serious concerns about the Unconditional Conference hosted by Andy Stanley, gives reasons why we can’t simply agree to disagree on LGBTQ issues, and describes how...

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What Made Eve “Suitable” for Adam?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

What can we learn about the design of marriage from the word “suitable” in Genesis?

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Are Christians to Blame for the Orlando Shooting?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Despite the obvious connection to Islam, some people speculated that Christians were also to blame.

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Got Same-Sex Attraction? Things Can Change

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Most of the world seems to believe that same-sex attraction can’t be changed.

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Interview: Sam Allberry, How the Church Can Support Christians with Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Greg talks with Pastor Sam Allberry about how the church can support Christians with unwanted same-sex attraction.

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You Can’t Tear Down the Norm and Then Be Surprised by What Comes Next

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 23, 2023 12:01 AM

Andrew Sullivan recognizes the destructive danger queer theory poses to societal norms, but it was the same-sex marriage movement that destroyed the basis for sexual norms in the first place,...

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Clarifying Biblical and Secular Reasons for Same-Sex Attraction

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

I recently posted a video answering a challenge: When did you choose your heterosexuality? Someone asked a follow-up question, and I thought I’d share my response.

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Doing Church Biblically Can Be Messy

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

It would often be easier to compromise, but we’re called to do church God’s way, even if it’s the more messy, difficult, and uncomfortable way.

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Same-Sex Marriage Challenges and Responses

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

Western civilization is shuddering under a tidal wave of activism in favor of same-sex marriage. Here is a careful response to their most compelling arguments.

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Why Hate Shouldn’t Be a Crime

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

The passage of C-250 in the Canadian Parliament this spring pushed hate crime legislation to new extremes. Can one be against hate crimes, yet still oppose hate crime laws? Here are three good...

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy

Pro-Gay Theology Advocates Are Repeating the Mistakes of the Past

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 8, 2023 10:25 PM

Pro-gay theology advocates claim Christians are making the same kind of grievous interpretive error past Christians made with antisemitism and slavery, but when you look closer at the details, it...

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Truth and Compassion in Action

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Gay activists prepared to protest FIRE Church in Concord, North Carolina.

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Christian, Read This Bill

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM

Alliance Defending Freedom summarizes their concern with this bill by stating that it is “content-based speech regulation and impermissibly burdens free exercise of religion.”

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