There will be no Sabbath School tomorrow, Sunday, 23 March 2014.

Audio from the Sabbath School class of 16 March 2014 is available here.

In this class we began by considering, in light of the principles of our recent studies, the preliminary injunction handed down by a federal judge this week in relation to the State of Tennessee marriage amendment. We then continued our study of Matthew Vines argument for a revisionist interpretation of the key biblical texts that have been understood to deal with homosexuality.

Audio from the Sabbath School class of 9 March 2014 is available here.

In this class we begin a discussion of the arguments presented by Matthew Vines who advocates a revision of the conservative Christian interpretation of the Scriptures which have been understood to teach against homosexuality.

Audio from the Sabbath School class of 2 March 2014 is available here.

In this class we discuss same-sex couples demands in relation to adoption and foster parenting. We reply by reviewing the meaning of ‘parent’ as it is dependent on the meaning of marriage. These are not arbitrary definitions that we may affix to anything we wish. We discussed other questions regarding legal demands to accommodate others and anti-discrimination laws, and we finished our discussion of the Supreme Court cases discussed last week.

Audio from the Sabbath School class of 23 February 2014 is available here. In this class we review the Supreme Court decisions of this last year as they relate to our analysis of the arguments for same-sex marriage. Our review is guided by the analysis of Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert P. George […]

Audio from the Sabbath School class of 16 February 2014 is available here.

In this class we finish our analysis of the three most commonly raised points in the public appeal for legal same-sex marriage.

1. Begging the question regarding the definition of marriage.
2. The appeal for benefits.
3. ‘Why do you care?’

Audio from the Sabbath School class of 9 February 2014 is available here.

Audio from the Sabbath School class of 2 February 2014 is available here.

We have assessed the calls for so-called ‘marriage equality’ and found that they are manipulative and misguided attempts to redefine marriage, moving that definition from its objective, natural, and conjugal definition which recognises God’s design, to a new revisionist and non-neutral definition that is subjective and based on emotions.

In this class we turn our attention to the demands on the part of those who wish to practise so-called same-sex marriage and through that relationship gain access to benefits that are currently associated with conjugal marriage. But granting such benefits to same-sex partnerships would be irrational at best and arbitrary at worst.

Audio from the Sabbath School class of 12 January 2014 is available here.

In this class we review briefly the ground we’ve covered and begin a discussion of the terms of the modern discussion about so-called same-sex marriage.

Audio from the Sabbath School class of 24 November 2013 is available here.

In this class we discuss the more recent moral battles that preceded the issues of so-called same-sex marriage in our day as well as the assumptions about public morality earlier in our nation’s history which set the stage for the battles we face today. We also review briefly the somewhat similar misperceptions amongst many in the recent past that the moral issue of homosexuality and same-sex marriage was a settled issue in our land.