Sermons, Connection Talks, Prayers and other works by Dr. Blair
The following text, HOMOPHOBIA IN THE CHURCHES, was a keynote address delivered by Dr. Blair at the Strategy Conference on Homophobia in the Churches on May 5, 1979. Two other keynote addresses were given during the weekend conference by Joan Clark (a staff person in the Dallas office of the Women’s Division, Board of Global…
Evangelicals(?!) Concerned by Dr. Ralph Blair EVANGELICALS(?!) CONCERNED is an expanded version of Dr. Blair’s address delivered at both eastern and western connECtion82 summer conferences, July 1982, in Pennsylvania and California. (PDF version available here) Have you ever noticed that Grape-Nuts is neither? To evangelicals, Christian Science is neither. To most gay people, the Moral…
Doubtful Christians Make Queer Saints! by Dr. Ralph Blair A shorter version of this text was presented by Dr. Blair at connECtion83 during July, 1983, at San Juan Bautista in California and at Kirkridge in Pennsylvania. (PDF version available here) Introduction Doubtful Christians make queer saints. Do “queer” Christians make doubtful saints? To too many…
Christian Tolerance & Totalitarianism by Dr. Ralph Blair Christian Tolerance & Totalitarianism was Dr. Blair’s keynote address at connECtion84, the summer conferences of Evangelicals Concerned. (PDF version available here) The Christian’s way is always a pilgrim’s way. It’s a life on the road. It’s the adventure of a pioneer. The Christian’s vision is always the…
A Time and Place for Us by Dr. Ralph Blair A Time and Place for Us is an expanded version of the Keynote address given by Dr. Blair at the Eastern and Western connECtions2001. (PDF version available here) Frasier has dragged Niles and their father to a basketball game for “a good night of male-bonding”…
“A Denomination Hungry for Reconciliation: Grace, Race and the PCA” by Sean Michael Lucas, byFaith, October 19, 2015; “Tied in Knots: Americans Try to Redefine Marriage” by Alan Dowd, byFaith, October 12, 2015. by Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here.) Even after the Civil War, in 1867, R. L. Dabney, a major Presbyterian theologian…
(PDF version available here.) Christianity Today’s “most read article” in 2014 and in 2015 was on a gay issue. In 2014 it was on World Vision’s decision to hire gay Christians in same-sex marriages – a policy quickly dropped in response to hostile donor backlash. In 2015 it was on Obergefell v Hodges, the Supreme…
“To God be the Glory” Your Story in His Story by Dr. Ralph Blair This sermon was part of the 2015 Evangelicals Concerned Autumn Weekend in Ocean Grove, October 9 – 11, 2015 commemorating the centennials of Anna Bartlett Warner, Fanny Jane Crosby, William Howard Doane and Booker T. Washington. (PDF version here) “What’s the…
“This is My Story” Your Story in His Story by Dr. Ralph Blair This sermon was part of the 2015 Evangelicals Concerned Autumn Weekend in Ocean Grove, October 9 – 11, 2015 commemorating the centennials of Anna Bartlett Warner, Fanny Jane Crosby, William Howard Doane and Booker T. Washington. (PDF version here) Ever hear someone…
“The Bible Tells Me So” Your Story in His Story by Dr. Ralph Blair This sermon was part of the 2015 Evangelicals Concerned Autumn Weekend in Ocean Grove, October 9 – 11, 2015 commemorating the centennials of Anna Bartlett Warner, Fanny Jane Crosby, William Howard Doane and Booker T. Washington. (PDF version here) On the…