I've settled down in our home office today, and am beginning to read two books.
The first is The Arc of Truth: The Thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr. By King scholar Lewis Baldwin. Reading a book like this adds to my ongoing African American religious studies, and my teaching as an Adjunct Professor at Payne Theological Seminary.
The second is Does the Bible Affirm Same-Sex Relationships? Examining 10 Claims About Scripture and Sexuality. By Rebecca McLaughlin. Christianity Today gives this one of the best books of 2024.
"Critically evaluating ten arguments for affirming same-sex sexual relationships on biblical grounds, McLaughlin combines cogent, accessible, and convincing exegesis with testimonies from those (like her) who experience same-sex attraction but believe that faithfulness to Christ precludes acting on it. Beyond defending relevant biblical prohibitions, she sketches a positive vision of life and opportunity within the church, grounded in an ethic of friendship love encompassing all believers. With its marriage of compassion and intellectual rigor, this book equips us to respond thoughtfully to the cultural confusions of our age." —Greg Welty, professor of philosophy at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
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For more, see my working bibliography.
