“A Reformed Understanding of Marriage”
Sermon on Romans 8:22-30 by David D. Colby, Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, MN, October 28, 2012: "So let’s be clear. The Bible does not talk about marriage as only between a man and a woman. If we are honest the Bible has a shifting definition of marriage within its pages. Because we believe in “a church reformed, always reforming according to the Word of God”[2] we are not beholden simply to tradition. The church is not supposed to do things the way we have always done them simply because. No, we are called to question, to be critical; as creation unfolds, we can see more clearly the blind spots in our culture or the culture in which the Bible was written and pull out the gospel good news from the cultural expectations."
Reformation is never easy, unanimous, or noncontroversial
David Colby has provided some historical perspective on the difficulty of change in the church, in an article for The Presbyterian Outlook, "Reformation is never easy, unanimous, or noncontroversial."