Review of Richard & Christopher Hays’s ‘The Widening of God’s Mercy’
In The Widening of God’s Mercy, father and son Richard and Christopher Hays show why they believe same-sex sexual relationships and marriage ought to be fully welcomed in the church today. The present book represents a change of mind and therefore comes with much anticipation: what new data led him to reverse his earlier position? […]
Review of Richard and Christopher Hays’s ‘The Widening of God’s Mercy’
In The Widening of God’s Mercy, father and son Richard and Christopher Hays,[1] show why they believe same-sex sexual relationships and marriage ought to be fully welcomed in the church today. This book is significant because Richard Hays has been a leading New Testament scholar for over four decades and his 1996 book The Moral […]
Just Turn the TV Off? Reflections on the Paris Olympic Opening Ceremonies
July 30, 2024 “Just turn the TV off!” That’s the advice Whoopi Goldberg gave in response to Christians outraged by the apparent depiction during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony of da Vinci’s The Last Supper by a troupe of drag queens. First of all, Goldberg explains, it wasn’t meant to be the Last Supper. It […]
Looking for Clarity During Pride Month? Here Are Two Helpful Resources.
June 19, 2024 I have the privilege of leading College Press Publishing Company. We have been publishing Christian books since 1959. We have a solid partnership with RENEW.org, and we recently joined forces to create an updated version of Louis Cochran’s classic, The Fool of God. The Fool of God is a work of historical […]
Christians and Sexuality: Q&A with Jonathan Storment on the Sexual Revolution
What is the relationship between Christians and sexuality in light of the sexual revolution? Are Christians doomed to be at war with sexual and gender minorities until they reframe biblical passages to come in line with modern views of sexuality and gender? Pastor Jonathan Storment discusses the landscape and offers clarity for a confused cultural […]
How One Church Handled the LGBTQ+ Conversation
The people in your church are being discipled into somebody’s view of marriage, sexuality, and gender. Is your church helping to disciple its people into God’s view as described in the Bible—or is your church increasingly at the mercy of predominant cultural views? We want to give you a snapshot of what a church can […]
Competing Views of Justice & Equality
Grounded in Judeo-Christian ethical systems, classical American theories of justice and equal treatment under the law are among the most profound judicial theories humanity has ever seen. Christian ethical systems argue that the government has the obligation to care for the poor and marginalized (which the Bible refers to as “righteousness”), as well as the […]
Women and Men in the Church: A RENEW.org Guide to 10 Key Resources
Many church leadership teams are exploring what the Bible teaches about men and women in the church. And it’s a good time to do so. For many, it feels that a more traditional way of doing church leadership isn’t working: many women feel silenced and underappreciated in male-dominated churches which don’t consider their giftedness or […]
