The reason gays and lesbians should never argue over scripture is because, not only does scripture not condemn homosexuality, arguing over it produces nothing but strife, division and hatred.
For the uninitiated, it's hard to see how those things have anything to do with scripture.
He is co-host of the radio show, "What Do the Scriptures Say?"; holds a weekly Executive Businessmen's Bible Forum and Bible study evenings; and counsels parishioners.
Nowhere do these scriptures even hint that should the husband not live up to his role of submission to God and his wife that the wife should still continue to submit to the man first, before God.
Finally, Donne observes, not only does Biblical Scripture lack a clear condemnation of suicide, Christian doctrine has permitted other forms of killing such as martyrdom, capital punishment and killing in wartime (Minois 1999, 20 21).
This, says Irenaeus, is what the false teachers have done with Scripture.
"I don't interpret Scripture; I just read it," Ken Ham says.
Paul's culture was patriarchal, but the moral teachings of Scripture do not advance patriarchy".
"Running through my head has been one of the most haunting prayers in scripture: "Do not forsake me when I am old and grey-headed"," he said.
How, for instance, do you divide Scripture — like the Gospels — into bits, given that they were written as one continuous text, undivided and unlabelled?
