Author Archives: James Ernest

Does the gospel have implications for society?

CNN’s John Blake, in an article that you should read, calls attention to how UAW president Shawn Fain drew upon his Christian faith, and on words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew, to fortify the courage of auto workers headed into the recently concluded strike. It’s a good article. For friends who know whereContinue reading “Does the gospel have implications for society?”

The strong, the weak, and the church’s sex-and-gender crisis (Romans 15:1–7)

How does Romans 15:1–7 bear on the question of full welcome for gays in the church?

Eliminationist homophobia in Ottawa County

Most eliminationist homophobes would be aghast at any suggestion that they are promoting genocide, but from the hateful speech that we hear from some of them, even in public places such as our school board meetings, I believe that some of them, if given access to a button which if pushed would instantly obliterate 400 million people (a very crude estimate of the number of people in the world who identify as LGBTQ), would quickly and gladly push that button.