Last week, the Supreme Court issued rulings that boosted the cause of same sex marriage by a 5-4 decision, and ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional.

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Last Sunday’s New York Times published, “The Gospel According to Me,” an Opinionator blog critiquing America’s spiritual quest for “the authentic self” as ultimately selfish and one that dead-ends at cynicism.

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When ‘no’ means ‘yes’.

If we say that there is no possibility of something happening, how does this develop into a situation where it does happen? Only by torturing language and allowing ‘no’ to become ‘yes’.

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Rob Bell spoke, back in March, at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. In response to a question about gay marriage he said,  "I am for marriage. I am for fidelity. I am for love, whether it's a man and woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man. I think the ship has sailed and I think the church needs -- I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever they are."

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Like many other evangelical and Reformed Christians (both in the United States and around the world), I disagree with the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions which seem to recognize both the legal and the moral legitimacy of gay marriage.

The material immediately below is taken from the volume, REFORMED MEANS MISSIONAL: FOLLOWING JESUS INTO THE WORLD.  This volume was compiled by the WRF and will be published by New Growth Press in mid-August, 2013.  New Growth's website is here - http://www.newgrowthpress.com/

On June 26, 2013, in a highly contested ruling upheld by a narrow majority of justices, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially ruled against the constitutionality of enforcing heterosexuality as inherent to legally-protected marriage rights. In other words, states are now legally allowed to recognize same-sex marriages (though the decisions Wednesday stopped short of demanding states to recognize same-sex marriages).

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On June 26, 2013, the highest authority in the land declared the constitutionality of homosexuality as a value to be defended and promoted in modern day America. For the first time, the Supreme Court declared that the federal government may not discriminate against same-sex couples whose marriage is recognized by a state. In the case of Prop 8, which banned same sex marriage, the Federal Supreme Court refused to hear the case seeking to reverse the California state supreme court

In August, the WRF published a major book (in both printed and e-book versions) dealing with missional theology and ministry.

We have listed below the chapter titles of the book along with a number of WONDERFUL endorsements we have received for the book.

You may call me paranoid, but I don’t like this one bit:  The Guardian newspaper released a report on June 6 that the National Security Agency secured a judge’s authorization in April to compel Verizon to hand over millions of phone records. Not of suspected terrorists.   Of ordinary Americans. 

Wow! What ten incredible years! That thought could not leave me during all of yesterday... a different day from the days this past week, different from the last more than 3,000 days.

Some may ask, “Why did God--if he is a good God--permit the tornado to plow through Moore, Oklahoma on May 20?"  Not James Moody.   He has another view.