Luke Timothy Johnson is emeritus Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and a frequent Commonweal contributor.
A father and son pair of biblical scholars insist that changing one’s mind about sexuality is legitimated by the way Scripture shows God changing his mind.
Christ was not worshiped for the manner of his death but because he was raised from the dead. Any history of the Christian martyrs must understand that fact.
