Pastoral Response – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

Questions for Steve Chalke

By Peter Ould Posted on January 15, 2013 Posted in Sexual Identity, Sexuality, UK News 66 Comments Tagged with Arsenokoites, Christians, Core Argument, Favour, Female Homosexuality, Female Prostitutes, Gay Christians, Greek Source, Homosexual Behaviour, Human Nature, Incest, Men And Women, Oasis, Pastoral Response, Pastoral Support, Prostitution, Romans, Same Sex Relationships, Sexual Identities, Steve Chalke, True Freedom

Steve Chalke (he of Oasis, the ministry not the band) has a piece out today arguing in favour of blessing same-sex relationships. You can read it here. After reading the piece my response is to ask Steve a number of …

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What the Kirk Did (and Didn’t) Decide

By Peter Ould Posted on May 24, 2011 Posted in Church of Scotland, Sexuality 1 Comment Tagged with Church Of Scotland, Deacons, Deliverance, Gay Men, Gay Relationship, General Assembly, Moratorium, Motions, New Position, News Reports, Pastoral Charges, Pastoral Response, Presbyterian, Protestant Church, Rennie, Same Sex Relationship, Same Sex Relationships, Sexual Activity, Sexual Relationship, Traditionalists

You may have seen the news reports in the papers on the decisions made yesterday at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian). Take, for example, this story in the Guardian. Scotland‘s largest protestant church has voted to …

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Same Sex Marriage in US Cathedral

By Peter Ould Posted on January 3, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage, TEC 5 Comments Tagged with Bishop Shaw, Civil Unions, Divinity School Dean, Domestic Partnerships, Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese Of Massachusetts, Episcopal Divinity School, Episcopalian Bishop, Heart Of God, Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, Lesbian Marriage, Mally, More Than Five Years, Pastoral Response, Profound Pleasure, Same Gender Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Ssje, Thomas Shaw, Very Reverend

Same Sex Marriage in US Cathedral

Hadn’t seen this flagged up yet in conservative blogs. The Episcopalian bishop of Massachusetts began 2011 by solemnizing the first lesbian marriage – of two senior Episcopalian clergy – at Boston’s St Paul’s Cathedral Saturday (January 1). The marriage of …

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