{"id":470,"date":"2010-08-07T13:48:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T19:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/?p=470"},"modified":"2010-08-07T13:48:44","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T19:48:44","slug":"weekend-seven-gay-marriage-baptist-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Seven: Gay Marriage & Baptist Fights"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>What a wild and wacky week.\u00a0 From a landmark ruling in the California Prop 8 case striking down the gay marriage ban to Baptist battles over women in ministry and\u00a0who Christians and Muslims worship to staged fights by a Baptist church, we are seeing a collision of law, religion, and politics at unprecedented levels.\u00a0 Here are seven posts or articles of note that you may have missed this week.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Associated Baptist Press has reaction from a broad spectrum of Christian leaders <\/a>— Richard Land to Welton Gaddy — on Thursday’s landmark ruling in the Prop 8 Gay Marriage case.\u00a0 Denny Burk, New Testament Professor and Dean of Boyce Bible College at Southern Seminary, expounds upon the moral and legal revolution\u00a0sweeping the nation <\/a>in light of Prop 8’s rejection\u00a0by a Federal Judge.\u00a0\u00a0To understand how\u00a0theological liberal Christians view this issue, take a look at Rev. Patrick S. Cheng’s Huffington Post\u00a0article, “What About Love?: Why Judge Walker’s Proposition 8 Ruling Is Theologically Correct<\/a>.”\u00a0What many folks may have\u00a0overlooked in\u00a0analyzing\u00a0Judge Walker’s ruling is the horrible job the proponents of Prop 8 did in arguing for the law’s constitutionality.\u00a0 Even if your case is morally strong, you must still present facts and evidence to support your legal arguments and conclusions.\u00a0 You can read my analysis about the proponents incredibly poor witnesses at trial in Prop 8 Ruling:\u00a0 Legally Right, Morally Wrong!<\/a><\/p>\n

Baptists continue to\u00a0debate the role of women in ministry and the church’s view of Muslims.\u00a0 Dr. David Gushee, my former Christian Ethics Professor at Southern Seminary, discusses the ordination of women in “What Kind of Baptist Are You?”<\/a>\u00a0 Dr. Robert Sellers, Missions Professor at Hardin-Simmons’ Logsdon School of Theology, apparently believes that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.\u00a0 Like the continued acceptance of homosexuality within the church, I predict that Sellers’ view will gain traction within Christianity.\u00a0 This will of course lead to more fights.<\/p>\n

Speaking of fights, I have seen my share of “fights” within the Baptist church, especially at our business meetings.\u00a0 But, an African-American\u00a0Baptist church in Indianapolis took things to a whole new level this week\u00a0when they staged a fight to see how a white police officer would respond<\/a>.\u00a0 Welcome to Barack Obama’s post-racial America!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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