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 2
Posted in Sexuality, Women's Ministry, tagged 1 Corinthians 6, Beth Moore, Daniel Heimbach, Diane Tyson, Dr. Karen McClintock, Freud, Leviticus 20, Sexual Morality, Sexuality, United Methodist Church on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many are unwilling to completely abandon the Freudian ideas of a sex-driven society and have attempted to explain Christian morality with a psychological bent. Secular ideas have been given Christian-sounding names and have been sold as biblical truth. According to a United Methodist clergy member and clinical psychologist, sexual sin has only occurred when [...]
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 5
Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, Sexuality, Women's Ministry, tagged 2 Chronicles 7, Carter Heyward, feminism, Gender roles, God, holiness, idolatry, Isaiah 40, Isaiah 53, repentance, Sexual Morality, Sexuality, Sin, worship on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is part 5 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.
Heyward concludes her argument with a rallying cry for change. As is [...]
CS Lewis and Sexual Morality
Posted in Christianity, tagged Christianity, CS Lewis, God, Jesus, Mere Christianity, sex, Sexual Morality, Sin on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While researching for a paper, I reviewed Lewis’ chapter concerning sexual morality in Mere Christianity. Lewis concludes the chapter with this word of warning:
Finally, though I have had to speak at some length about sex, I want to make it as clear as I possibly can that the centre of Christian morality is not here. [...]
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