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Starting the Conversation: Film, Homosexuality, and the Church

July 3, 2009 · 1 Comment 

Dr. Frank Tupper recently attempted to lead a seminar on Baptists, homosexuality, and the Church at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s General Assembly this week.  Unfortunately, it was cancelled, signalling even moderate Baptists’ inability to discuss the matter.  This inexplicable navel-gazing on the part of the CBF makes them little better than the SBC, and, in fact, one could argue that at least the SBC knows what it believes and is willing to stick to its convictions, misguided though they may be. ... [Read the full story]

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