For many, marriage is a major milestone in their faith. Most people begin dreaming about getting married, but not everyone's idea of what the perfect marriage will be like is the same. Some women want ...

Like a festering sore that doesn’t heal, conservative politicians pick at the moral legitimacy of same-sex marriage. Citizens within Christian communities read the same Bible. They appeal to the same ...

Is it wrong to have sex before marriage? It's a common question asked by Christians once they have fallen in love or finally are engaged. If you're engaged to be married, it might seem natural to ...

I first met Mark Achtemeier in one of the committee rooms at a Presby­terian Church (U.S.A.) General As­sembly in the mid-1990s. We were on opposite sides of a perennial issue for Presbyterians: ...

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Much of the debate over same sex marriage centers on one's belief of whether homosexuality is a sin. If homosexuality is a sin, and marriage is ordained by God to be between a man and a woman, then ...

What Scripture stats reveal about evangelicals’ shifting rhetoric. The statistical patterns of these 30,000 votes reveal 60 Bible passages that commonly enter the discussion, falling into ten thematic ...

Around the world gay marriage is becoming more accepted, with a number of governments introducing legislation overriding thousands of years of prejudice against same-sex unions. But within the ...