{"id":59,"date":"2008-05-13T03:16:56","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T03:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2009-06-11T15:32:24","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T15:32:24","slug":"permission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/2008\/05\/13\/permission\/","title":{"rendered":"Permission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I have been thinking about homosexuality recently.  I find in discussions about Christianity and the appropriate response to homosexuality, there are never easy conversations.  It is rare to find someone who agonizes over the issue without first pre-judging the various camps.  That being said, I must admit I am undecided.  First, I have found scripture is not as clear as we would like it to be.  Second, there is the human factor &#8211; it is impossible to flesh out an understanding of the issue in a vacuum with interacting with the real people and real consequences of your decisions.  I find this youtube video helpful in reminding us of the human side:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/G2nsGtd7y3c&amp;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/G2nsGtd7y3c&amp;hl=en\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>For now, I can affirm the trajectory of redemptive history that seems to err on the side of inclusion.\u00a0 What that means, I am not yet sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I have been thinking about homosexuality recently. I find in discussions about Christianity and the appropriate response to homosexuality, there are never easy conversations. It is rare to find someone who agonizes over the issue without first pre-judging the various camps. That being said, I must admit I am undecided. First, I have found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,21],"tags":[40,37,38],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-thoughts","tag-gay-marriage","tag-homosexuality","tag-youtube"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}