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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,...

Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator “made them male and female,” and said, “… The two will become one flesh”? Matthew 19:4–5 (NET) In the previous chapter we encountered the christological aspect of marriage: marriage of man and woman figures union of Christ and the church, a symbol of God’s saving work for us in Christ. In this chapter we encounter the christological aspect of interpretation
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