Through the discussions posed by many Christian writers and thinkers, a realization has been made that the “big” sins associated with physical infidelity are behaviors that are the natural end of increasingly sinful thought lives. In other words, if a woman asks the question, “How close can I be with my co-worker without having technically [...]
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Women and Sexual Sin, Part 3
Posted in Christianity, Sexuality, Women's Ministry, tagged adultery, Diane Tyson, fornication, homosexuality, immorality, infidelity, Luke 6, lust, Matthew 5, Romans 12, Sexual Morality, Sexuality on May 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Women and Sexual Sin, Part 1
Posted in Sexuality, Women's Ministry, tagged Daniel Heibach, Deitrich Bonhoeffer, Elisabth Elliot, feminism, Gender roles, homosexuality, Kate Logan, Paige Patterson, Passion and Purity, Sexual Morality, Sexuality on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For many years, sexual sins were addressed almost exclusively from a male perspective. Most of society held the belief that sex was a male-oriented activity in which a woman may or may not be a willing participant (Letha Dawson Scanzoni, Sexuality. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1984, 30). And, with few exceptions, sex was almost never discussed. [...]
A New Sexual Ethic? Part 4
Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, Sexuality, Women's Ministry, tagged 1 Corinthians 10, 1 Corinthians 5, 1 Corthinians 12, 1 Thessalonians 5, Audre Lorde, Carter Heyward, Christianity, community, CS Lewis, Ephesians 2, Ephesians 6, Ethics, Freud, Galatians 6, Gender roles, glory of God, Hebrews 10, homosexuality, John 14, Joy, Leviticus 18, Leviticus 20, Malachi 3, Matthew 18, Philippians 4, Psalms, Quadrilateral of Interpretation, Wesley on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is part 4 in a 5 part series of a response to Carter Heyward’s essay “Notes on Historical Grounding: Beyond Sexual Essentialism,” which can be found in Sexuality and the Sacred:Sources for Theological Reflection, edited by James B. Nelson and Sandra P. Longfellow.
Third, Heyward claims that Christianity is isolating and denies community. By setting [...]
Response to Misty Irons
Posted in Christianity, Culture and Worldview, tagged homosexuality, Wesley Hill, Misty Irons, Abraham Piper on March 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last week I wrote a response to Wesley Hill’s article about Christian homosexuals and the struggles they face. Misty Irons also wrote a response to that article and to several blog comments related to it. Her response has been discussed on numerous blogs as well. This is my response to Misty.
I agree wholeheartedly with [...]
A Response to Wesley Hill’s “Will the Church be the Church for Homosexual Christians?”
Posted in Christianity, tagged Apostle Paul, Christianity, counseling, discipleship, God, homosexuality, Wesley Hill on March 11, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Wesley Hill wrote this article “A Few Like You”: Will the Church be the Church for Homosexual Christians? about his own struggle with homosexuality and loneliness within the Christian community. The following is my response to his article.
As someone who spent years struggling to incorporate my homosexual attraction with my professed Christianity, I understand firsthand [...]
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