Loading…

Marriage, Scripture, and the Church: Theological Discernment on the Question of Same-Sex Union is unavailable, but you can change that!

This book takes a distinctive approach to the same-sex-union debate by framing the issue as a matter of marriage. Darrin Snyder Belousek demonstrates that the interpretation of Scripture affects whether the church should revise its doctrine of marriage for the sake of sanctioning same-sex union. Engaging charitably yet critically with opposing viewpoints, he delves deeply into what marriage is,...

an ordering of creation. Jesus’s ruling on divorce confirms God’s judgment against adultery, ensconced in the Decalogue, which upholds God’s ordination of marriage, established in creation. Indeed, Jesus cited the creation story as preface to and premise of his ruling on divorce and adultery: God created “male and female” and said that “the two shall become one flesh” (Matt. 19:4–6). Adulterous remarriage, no less than same-sex union, deviates from God’s design: whereas same-sex union deviates from
Page 160
Buy this book at Logos.com