The Bible does not condemn those who merely are sexually attracted to their neighbor’s spouse. However, what one does with that attraction is what will be the death of him if he makes the evil choice. Yet the Scriptures are never condemned as being adulterophobic.
The Bible does not condemn those singles who merely are sexually attracted to single members of the opposite sex. However, what one does with that attraction is what will be the death of him if he makes the wrong choice. Yet the Scriptures are never condemned as being extramaritalsexphobic.
In fact, the Bible does not condemn those who merely are uninterested in meeting the physical needs or desires of their spouse. However, if this lack of interest persists as a product of repeated decisions borne of laziness, selfishness or foolishness, then these decisions will be his undoing. This is one thing that the apostle Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians, chapter seven; yet no one would ever think to condemn the Scriptures as being abstinencephobic.
So may the reader consider this refresher course in biblically-based sexual ethics and the way in which it is worded. We all need to get back to basics sometimes, as does Desmond Tutu and any number of persons today who in all undue glibness throw certain labels at Christianity or the Scriptures regarding certain social issues.
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Meanwhile, do not think that what liberal Christianity, as it were, has to say about the issues of the day are unimportant. Liberals in general tend to think alike, coalesce, move in the same direction of thinking though they be a diverse group. The Christian theology, again as it were, that attempts to paint a rosy picture of homosexuality is well likened to a viral infection, fifth column or Trojan horse. First it attacks the Law and the apostles of Christ, because it must. In the meantime, there remains the problem that recorded in the Gospel accounts is Christ’s acceptance of the authority of the Law even during his own time; accordingly, this becomes the next target as attempts are made to defeat it by glossing over it, lying about it, or writing it off as a matter of interpolation. And the defeat of the Law, the apostles of Christ, and of the words and teachings of Christ comes at a great price: the destruction of sound practices of exegesis and hermeneutics.
Once the basics and common sense behind normal exegesis and hermeneutics are destroyed, the groundwork is laid for a groundswell of theology or teaching which fits with liberal thought patterns and emotional patterns: Sola Scriptura is effectively lost to false intuition and wishful thinking, the teaching of the everlasting punishment of the damned is lost, hell is reimagined as a condition that exists on this earth, universalism becomes a given, and the idea of divine omnipotence probably isn’t far behind. Read this post again in fifteen years to see if and how it mirrors events of the day.
The Bible does not condemn those singles who merely are sexually attracted to single members of the opposite sex. However, what one does with that attraction is what will be the death of him if he makes the wrong choice. Yet the Scriptures are never condemned as being extramaritalsexphobic.
In fact, the Bible does not condemn those who merely are uninterested in meeting the physical needs or desires of their spouse. However, if this lack of interest persists as a product of repeated decisions borne of laziness, selfishness or foolishness, then these decisions will be his undoing. This is one thing that the apostle Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians, chapter seven; yet no one would ever think to condemn the Scriptures as being abstinencephobic.
So may the reader consider this refresher course in biblically-based sexual ethics and the way in which it is worded. We all need to get back to basics sometimes, as does Desmond Tutu and any number of persons today who in all undue glibness throw certain labels at Christianity or the Scriptures regarding certain social issues.
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Meanwhile, do not think that what liberal Christianity, as it were, has to say about the issues of the day are unimportant. Liberals in general tend to think alike, coalesce, move in the same direction of thinking though they be a diverse group. The Christian theology, again as it were, that attempts to paint a rosy picture of homosexuality is well likened to a viral infection, fifth column or Trojan horse. First it attacks the Law and the apostles of Christ, because it must. In the meantime, there remains the problem that recorded in the Gospel accounts is Christ’s acceptance of the authority of the Law even during his own time; accordingly, this becomes the next target as attempts are made to defeat it by glossing over it, lying about it, or writing it off as a matter of interpolation. And the defeat of the Law, the apostles of Christ, and of the words and teachings of Christ comes at a great price: the destruction of sound practices of exegesis and hermeneutics.
Once the basics and common sense behind normal exegesis and hermeneutics are destroyed, the groundwork is laid for a groundswell of theology or teaching which fits with liberal thought patterns and emotional patterns: Sola Scriptura is effectively lost to false intuition and wishful thinking, the teaching of the everlasting punishment of the damned is lost, hell is reimagined as a condition that exists on this earth, universalism becomes a given, and the idea of divine omnipotence probably isn’t far behind. Read this post again in fifteen years to see if and how it mirrors events of the day.
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