Issue 5, 1996

Volume 2, Number 5 · Three articles

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Church and Culture
The Upward Call of God: Submitting Our Sexuality to the Lordship of Christ
How should a church that lives by grace talk about homosexual ordination? Mark Achtemeier starts at the cross, calls homosexuality one form of brokenness among many, and argues for ordaining chaste homosexual persons but not those who refuse to repent.
P. Mark Achtemeier25 min read
Church and Culture
Sex and the Single Life
What can the church say to single people besides “Don’t do it”? Philip Turner takes James Nelson’s revisionist ethic as his foil, argues that its sexual self cannot judge its own desires, and sets out a positive account of marriage, fellowship and holiness of life.
Philip Turner27 min read
Discipleship
Bible Study of the Gospel of Mark: Chapter 10
Can good works earn the kingdom, and what does it mean to receive it like a child? Susan Cyre works through Mark 10, from the question on divorce and the rich man to the request of James and John and the healing of blind Bartimaeus.
Sue Cyre9 min read