by Stephen Belsheim | Sep 17, 2020 | LGBTQ
The pro-LGBTQ faction is wrong to discard Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13 from the Bible for the 21st Century. As I can best ascertain, the pro-LGBTQ faction advances two fundamental arguments. The first uses an unusual “three bucket”...
by Stephen Belsheim | Sep 14, 2020 | LGBTQ
According to the pro-LGBTQ faction of the UMC, people ought to affirm and assimilate homosexuals into the church because (1) Jesus focused on the marginalized, (2) Jesus placed kindness and acceptance over custom and social norms, and (3) Jesus emphasized...
by Stephen Belsheim | Sep 14, 2020 | Baptism
This paper addresses the following issue-under-study: Does an absolute requirement of water baptism negate the salvific efficacy of an otherwise saving gospel (message-in-question)? In light of what Paul wrote in Galatians 1:6-9, as well as other Scriptural bases, it...
by Stephen Belsheim | Sep 12, 2020 | LGBTQ
The Pro-LGBTQ faction of the UMC uses two analogies to support their argument in support of the acceptance of homosexual practice. One has to do with women’s role in the church and the other pertains to slavery. In reference to the analogy to women in the...
by Stephen Belsheim | Sep 10, 2020 | Bible Study
The other day I discovered a very good article (November 2, 2010) entitled “The Careful Handling of the Word” by Jack K. Kuhatechek. The article appeared in the publication Voice by Dallas Theological Seminary. The link is...
