The issue here is the degree to which men and women, boys and girls, have the freedom to choose whether, and how much, to commit themselves to Christ, balanced against the degree to which God, in His sovereignty, determines the outcome of the lives of human beings, individually or collectively.

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While there are those who believe that, once a commitment has been made to follow Christ, eternal salvation is assured from that moment on, there are others who would argue that such assurance is only given to those who maintain their relationship with Christ and live out a life of discipleship. Read on ...

Although Original Sin is widely held to be sound Biblical doctrine, and is the official position of many Christian denominations, Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant alike, it is not universally acknowledged to be the truth and there are a number of objections to it. Read on ...

Christianity is no stranger to controversy. In fact, it was born in controversy. But if we can study the scriptures that deal with any subject, and take them simply for what God is actually saying through them, then we should be able together to arrive at the truth. Read on ...

In 2013, the UK parliament passed a law which redefined marriage. The Prime Minister at the time, David Cameron, said that it was "the right thing to do". But was it? What does God have to say on the subject? Read on ...

In the liberal secular humanist worldview, marriage is an institution which was devised by society at some time in the past to help to maintain the social order, but which many today see as being outdated and obsolete. Others might see it as being beneficial to society in some ways, but to be greatly in need of reform. Others can take it or leave it, and see it perhaps as no more than a quaint tradition. But how is marriage seen in the Christian worldview?

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Does sex have a purpose, or purposes, or, as the evolutionists would have us believe, is it merely a quirk of evolution, a phenomenon which occurred through random mutation?

The Bible says nothing about evolution, but it does tell us that sex was designed and implemented by God when He created living beings on the earth, specifically human beings.

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Marriage is an institution, and a tradition, which is observed in every civilised society in the world. There are, of course, many different forms and variations across cultures and religions, but at the heart of every marriage there are certain universal principles.

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In the purposes of God, our sexuality has two, and only two, functions, namely (a) reproduction, and (b) the union of one man and one woman in the lifelong covenant of marriage.

What can we say, therefore, about any other form of sexual activity?

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I believe it was Lady Gaga who sang that she was on the right track, baby, since she was ‘born this way’.

Now, loath as I am to publicly disagree with a lady, I do have to say that the way that any of us was born will cut no ice when it comes to finding our place in the Kingdom of God.

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We heard the slogan "love is love" quite often in the run-up to the same-sex marriage law being passed in Ireland in 2015, so the meaning, within that context, was pretty clear. It was an obvious reference to homosexuality being every bit as normal and acceptable and righteous as heterosexuality.

But is it?

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The same-sex marriage ‘snowball’ broke down a door which opened up the way for the ‘T’ in L.G.B.T. to land centre-stage.

If anything, transgenderism is even more controversial than same-sex marriage, in part because it is enshrined in a belief-system, which is generally referred to as ‘gender ideology’, and one of the major problems that arises from this is its terminology.

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In pursuit of sexual freedom, the boundaries set by Christianity are being broken down. But freedom can only be true freedom when it remains within its boundaries.

When we abandon the boundaries that enable us to stay free, we end up being captives and slaves of the very activities that we pursued in our attempt to shake off those restrictions.

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