Culture & Current Issues

No. We aren't bound to the ceremonial law in the Old Testament. (Full disclosure: I have multiple tattoos.)

It's the same as alcohol, but with more of a warning. The Bible forbids getting drunk, and this includes not being sober in all of its forms.

No, the Bible doesn't call gambling a sin. But gambling in excess is unwise, and addictions as a whole should be avoided.

No. I don’t see a Biblical issue with it. And I actually plan to be cremated.

No. Muslims deny that Jesus is God, and Allah is different in character and nature from the God of the Bible.

Because God's distinctions always have a purpose. Male and female are equal in worth and both made in His image, but they're different on purpose, and those differences point to God's design and authority.

Divorce is wrong, except in cases of affairs, abandonment and abuse. Remarriage should only happen after a biblical divorce. But once you're married, that marriage is legitimate, so you shouldn't get divorced again.

God created us male and female, and your body isn't a mistake. Your feelings are real, and having them isn't a sin, but the most loving thing I can do isn't to agree with everything you feel.

It's not a simple yes or no. Reject what's dark, receive what's good, and redeem the night as a chance to love your neighbors.

Scripture treats the unborn child as a person God knows and forms in the womb, so I'm fully pro-life. And if you've had an abortion, you are not beyond God's grace.

With grace and truth, and in that order. And a lot slower than most of us do.

Yes, but… Drinking isn't always sinful, but getting drunk always is, and there are times a follower of Jesus shouldn't drink at all.

Yes. In fact, that's the only way Jesus ever loved anyone, including you. Grace first, then truth.

The church should never put our hope in politics and policies. But it can't be silent on moral issues just because they've become political either.

Every time the Bible talks about sex between two men or two women, it calls it sin. Being tempted isn't a sin, and God's standard for sex is the same for every one of us.

Being tempted isn't a sin, but the Bible is clear that acting on same-sex desire is. You can follow Jesus with same-sex attraction the same way every Christian follows Him: by fighting sin, not by renaming it.