Joel B. Green, ed. Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012. 912 pp. $59.99. By Ray Van Neste A comprehensive reference work on Christian ethics and the role of Scripture in ethics is a great idea. Regrettably, however, Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics is problematic at certain critical points. While granting...

The Story:  “‘Abortion should be mandatory for 30 years’ for ‘population control’: Gay activist,” as reported by Ben Johnson at LifeSiteNews.com The Lead: Audience member Lisa Malouf closed the program by asking, “Which so-called ‘dangerous idea’ do you each think would have the greatest potential to change the world for the better if it were...

By Aileen Challies (Editor’s Note: Over the next few Thursday’s we will feature articles related to sexual intimacy. Today is the first post of our series. Please note that there will be a variety of perspectives shared within this series.) A couple of years ago I read a book by Sharon Jaynes called Becoming the...

By Trillia Newbell It can be easy to think that sex is something we thought up.  It’s all over our televisions, in our magazines and books. We are in a sex saturated culture. And it doesn’t surprise me because sex wasn’t our idea, it was God’s.  In the beginning, when God created Adam and Eve...

By Timothy Kleiser “I am human and I need to be loved. Just like everybody else does.” These lyrics, sung by the inimitable Steven Patrick Morrissey back in 1985, have recently been given an entirely new meaning. Morrissey, the iconic former lead singer of The Smiths, has recently published his memoir, Autobiography, and the book...

Justin Lee.  Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from Gays-vs.-Christians Debate. New York: Jericho Books, 2012. 259 pp. $21.99. By Samuel Emadi Torn is an autobiographical account of Justin Lee’s journey from being “God boy”—a conservative, Southern Baptist who was convinced the Bible condemned homosexual acts—to now believing that “God would bless gay couples” (206). Lee, the...