How sexual sin is handled differs a lot from group to group.
Not exact matches
note to
how this relates: - some have suggested the idea «homosexuality» is not really in the Bible (can be lumped together with other
sexual sins?)
Along the way, Milbank suggests that the Church's emphasis on
sexual sins and on hell played a role in secularization, and he ends by asking
how we can affirm at least some «procedure and institutionalization» in reinventing a more participatory, erotic, and interpersonal Christianity.
And
how wd you define lesbianism / homosexuality... is it the
sexual act or what if two people of the same sex loved each other, but were unable to have sex, wd that be a
sin?
My introduction to the Mars Hill story was a blog post that exposed
how a young man was shamed, publicly humiliated, and shunned for the
sin of confessing that he'd been
sexual with his fiance.
Before we get to the trickiest
sexual questions, based upon what many people are already doing, our book deals with marriage in the context of friendship, men's and women's roles and responsibilities and
how to deal with
sin so that marriage gets better rather than bitter.
Do you realize, no matter
how well meaning it is, and I don't doubt for one minute that your heart isn't right concerning the desire to have people clean their lives up, that unless you have the training and the discernment to do this... particularly concerning
sexual sin... you will do more harm than good.
So
how is Esther's alleged
sexual sin so bad when he seems mute on these men?
It's interesting
how he easily casts her into «
sexual sin and godless behavior».