Collaborative Online Topical Bible
Openbible.info has released a searchable topical Bible that gets better (we hope) the more it is used. There are other topical Bibles online, but this one is dynamically updated and has the ability to improve results through user votes.
The topical Bible combines the Yahoo! and ESV Bible web services to identify topics and find relevant verses. It currently has about 4,000 topics. Searching for a topic that doesn’t exist will automatically add it to the topical Bible, which will then scour the Internet for relevant verses.
You can vote on whether the listed verses are relevant to the topic—or you can suggest new verses. Over time, the topical Bible should become better at identifying what people think the Bible says about a topic.
Try it out: OpenBible Topical Bible.
The idea of “sex” and “gender” as different categories is a construct of the 1960s set forth by those who wanted to directly challenge the historical understanding of both. The above quote helps set forth the real issue. It is not that disciples of Jesus do not care about a person’s struggles or feelings. It is not a matter of mean conservatives defining who you really are. The issue at stake in all gender confusion issues is the rejection of teleological Creation (and, by extension, its Creator). This rejection, as it spreads, has implications ranging far beyond mere theology - it strikes near the heart of what it means to be human, and thus, the definition of human dignity. Those who do not ascribe to Christian teachings must ask themselves, “Who do I trust to define my inherent dignity as a person?”
These beliefs as expressed in Western societies are rooted in the core beliefs of a Creator who both provides and holds us accountable to the provision. When we cut out the root, how well will the rest of the tree grow? When we deny the core beliefs of the system, how well will the rest of the system continue to function? If we care about protecting human rights, we must guard the core truths that make the widespread recognition and protection of these rights possible. An honest commitment to human rights requires us to call a spade a spade…or rather a man a man and a woman a woman.
