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Update of Marriage Lectures, Videos, and Essays

 These are resources that I have produced on the issue of marriage.  (A few items are here added from a previous listing.)

Lectures on Marriage on YouTube

This post brings attention to resources on the topic of marriage.  I have produced two lectures in Biblical Ethics on marriage:

Report on the State of Marriage and Family in the West (57 minutes)

Marriage and Sexuality in Antiquity (1 hour and 20 minutes)

Publications on Homosexuality

On the issue of homosexuality, one had best do a 'search' on my blog to find a number of articles that may be of use. I have also written a book discussing primary sources regarding Scripture and the Church on the issue of homosexuality:

Donald Fortson, III and R. G. Grams, Unchanging Witness: The Consistent Christian Teaching on Homosexuality in Scripture and Tradition (Nashville, TN: B&H Pub., forthcoming, 2016).

Booklet on Marriage and Sexuality

I have produced a small book titled, 'A Biblical Catechism on Sex and Marriage'.  This is available on the bookshop on my blog site: https://bibleandmission.blogspot.com.  

Blogs on Marriage

I have also written a number of blogs on marriage.  Readers can search the titles on Bible and Mission to access the essays: go to https://bibleandmission.blogspot.com.

Rollin Grams, ‘The Blessing of Sin in the Church of England,’ Bible and Mission Blog (21 January, 2023).

Rollin Grams, ‘A Response to Bishop Inge’s Advocacy for Same-Sex Marriage,’ Bible and Mission Blog (13 January, 2013).

Rollin Grams, ‘A Spirit of Endless Disagreement? Bishop Chessun’s Suggestion,’ Bible and Mission Blog (21 November, 2022).

Rollin Grams, ‘Oh, That Crafty Bishop Croft of Oxford,’ Bible and Mission Blog (3 November, 2022).

Rollin Grams, ‘When Marriage is No Longer Understood as a Moral Act,’ Bible and Mission Blog (13 February, 2018).

Rollin Grams, ‘Modes of Enquiry and the Gender, Sexuality, and Marriage Debate: From Teacher to Lecturer to Dialogue Partner to Tribal Warrior,’ Bible and Mission Blog (12 September, 2017).

Rollin Grams, ‘Natural Marriage for All and Holy Matrimony for Christians,’ Bible and Mission Blog (15 September, 2022).

Rollin Grams, ‘Biblical Teaching on Sexual Immorality in 16th Century Anglicanism (Homily XI) and Its Relevance for Today,’ Bible and Mission Blog (20 February, 2022).

Rollin Grams, ‘An Apostolic Roundtable on Christian Sexuality and Culture,’ Bible and Mission Blog (11 February, 2022).

Rollin Grams, ‘Loving, Committed, Same-Sex Unions and Marriages in Antiquity: What Early Christians Knew When Calling Homosexuality Sin,’ Bible and Mission Blog (29 November, 2016).

Rollin Grams, ‘Christians Should Never Attend Homosexual Weddings,’ Bible and Mission Blog (8 November, 2016).

 Rollin Grams, ‘Exercises in Simple Logic: A Response to the Archbishop of Wales’ Defense of Same-Sex Relationships,’ Bible and Mission Blog (15 September, 2016).

Rollin Grams, ‘Issues Facing Missions Today: 43. A Question of Truth for the South African Church,’ Bible and Mission Blog (16 December, 2015).

Rollin Grams, ‘We are All Anabaptists Now,’ Bible and Mission Blog (26 June, 2015).

Rollin Grams, ‘Issues Facing Missions Today 29: What is Biblical Marriage?,’ Bible and Mission Blog (23 February, 2015).

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