That's what it says, but what does it mean?

I was going back and forth with a dear friend of many years about same-sex marriage. Something that would have once seemed inconceivable with this brother just a few years ago.

I went to Genesis 2 and God’s intention from the beginning. Then to Jesus’ endorsement of the biblical vision for marriage in Matthew 19.

The scriptures are clear. Even leading scholars who support same-sex marriage agree the Bible opposes it, but they argue the Bible is wrong.

Here’s the response that floored me, “Steve, that’s what it says, but what does it mean?”

Now we’re back in the Garden and the Serpent asks, “Did God really say?”

The winds of change have swept the Western world and they seek to bend God’s people to their will. “Did God really say?”

Through the ages, movements of disciples and churches have risen as they’ve placed themselves under the living Word of God. These same movements have fallen when they place their word above that living Word. God means what he says.