For many, marriage is a major milestone in their faith. Most people begin dreaming about getting married, but not everyone's idea of what the perfect marriage will be like is the same. Some women want ...

What Scripture stats reveal about evangelicals’ shifting rhetoric. The statistical patterns of these 30,000 votes reveal 60 Bible passages that commonly enter the discussion, falling into ten thematic ...

Much of the debate over same sex marriage centers on one's belief of whether homosexuality is a sin. If homosexuality is a sin, and marriage is ordained by God to be between a man and a woman, then ...

I rejoice in my Presbyterian heritage of thoughtful theology and mission. But proposed changes in how we define marriage are distracting us. ("Presbyterian Church gay marriage vote would recognize ...

Geoff Thompson is Co-ordinator of Studies in Systematic Theology at Pilgrim Theological College, the University of Divinity. He is the author of Disturbing Much, Disturbing Many: Theology Provoked by ...

Well, the Bible is back in the gladiatorial arena of Washington politics these days, and the screams greeting its arrival make it difficult to discern the truth. Immediately upon Gov. Christine ...

A Sept. 6 letter in The State Journal-Register titled "Who issued marriage licenses to divorced clerk?" asked about the place in the Bible where God says, "You shall not have gay marriage." Divorce ...

Let's try for a minute to take the religious conservatives at their word and define marriage as the Bible does. Shall we look to Abraham, the great patriarch, who slept with his servant when he ...

Is it wrong to have sex before marriage? It's a common question asked by Christians once they have fallen in love or finally are engaged. If you're engaged to be married, it might seem natural to ...

In a matter of days, more than 40,000 readers responded to our Dec. 15 cover story, "The Religious Case for Gay Marriage." The vast majority stemmed from a letter-writing campaign encouraged by the ...