Tabletalk Magazine, March 1997: Homosexuality: Unnatural Selection

by Ligonier Ministries

Publisher:

Ligonier Ministries

, 1997

Overview

For more than thirty years, Tabletalk has existed as a magazine to provide a substantive study tool for believers. Generally speaking, laymen receive either very little instruction in the weightier matters of the faith, or the instruction is too academic, thereby making the material largely inaccessible to average person. This is the reason Tabletalk exists—to bridge the gap between these two poles, to explain to the people of God the important, biblical doctrines and events while admonishing them toward holy living.

Contributors include: R. C. Sproul along with John Frame, Mark Horne, R. C. Sproul Jr., Charles McIlhenny, Michael S. Beates, Alistair Begg, Sinclair Ferguson, and Jim Johnson. Tabletalk features articles on topics central to the Christian faith and contains daily, in-depth Bible studies.

Over the years, Tabletalk has been recognized for its excellence through several awards. Today, people all over the world read Tabletalk on a daily basis. Now with the Logos Bible Software edition of Tabletalk all Scripture passages are linked to your favorite Bible translation in your library. With the advanced search features of Logos Bible Software, you can perform powerful searches by topic or Scripture reference—finding, for example, every mention of "spirit" or "truth."

Key Features

• Daily Studies From The Teaching Fellowship Of R. C. Sproul
• "Coram Deo" note from an editor

Contents

• "The War of Liberation" by R. C. Sproul
• "God Made Me this Way!" by John Frame
• "Approving of Those Who Practice" by Mark Horne
• "Affairs of the State" by R. C. Sproul Jr.
• "Pointing the Way Home" by Charles McIlhenny
• "Touching the Untouchables" by Michael S. Beates
• "In Spirit and In Truth" by Alistair Begg
• "Who Am I?" by R. C. Sproul
• "New Wine for Old" by Sinclair Ferguson
• "Feeding for a Lifetime" by Jim Johnson
• "The Cultural Mind: Sexual Wisdom"
• "Ministry News: Radio Seminars Well Received"
• "Hits and Missives"

Top Highlights

“The goal of the homosexual movement is not so much legalization in the law books as legitimization in society.” (Page 12)

“The gay rights movement is only one small aspect of the broader liberation war. This war is fought on several fronts. It includes the abuses of ‘free-speech,’ abortion-on-demand, no-fault divorce and ‘open-sex.’ And what do gay liberation, abortion, pornography, no-fault divorce, and ‘open-sex’ all have in common? The answer is as easy as it is obvious: sex.” (Page 6)

“If we excuse homosexuality on the basis of genetic predisposition, we should equally excuse all acts resulting from environmental influence and from bad choices in the past. Therefore, whether a compulsion has a genetic basis is ethically irrelevant.” (Page 10)

“The spread of the Gospel means that all sins are denounced and renounced. Thus, a society which legitimizes homosexuality illegitimizes Christianity.” (Page 52)

“In Nietzsche’s eyes, the morality rooted in the Scriptures kept the authentic individual in chains, doomed to sacrifice his most basic human drive, the ‘will to power.’ He awaited the arrival of a ‘Superman’ (der Uebermensch) who would assume the role of the conqueror to set people free from the chains of belief in the existence of God. Nietzsche’s Superman would then fill the vacuum left by the so-called death of God.” (Page 6)

Praise for the Print Edition

Tabletalk has been a key ingredient in the diet of Christians conscious of their spiritual vitality.

—Michael S. Horton

Month by month, Tabletalk represents an oasis in a desert of false spirituality, mindless Christianity, and vapid conviction. Tabletalk represents theological rigor, biblical Christianity, and authentic Christian devotion. It is an antidote to the world of superficial Christianity. Read it and grow.

—R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Tabletalk has been a wonderful resource in my own daily walk with the Lord.

—Ravi Zacharias

Product Details

• Title: Tabletalk Magazine, March 1997: Homosexuality: Unnatural Selection
• Editor in Chief: R. C. Sproul Jr.
• Associate Editor: Robert Barnes
• Series: Tabletalk
• Publisher: Ligonier Ministries
• Publication Date: 1997
• Pages: 62

About Ligonier Ministries

R. C. Sproul is founder and president of Ligonier Ministries and president of Ligonier Academy. He also servers as the senior pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he has written more than seventy books including The Holiness of God, The Intimage Marriage, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, Following the Cross, and the R. C. Sproul Exposition Collection.

Burk Parsons serves as editor of Tabletalk and associate pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he is editor of the books Assured by God: Living in the Fullness of God’s Grace and John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology.