Then as she finds customers who are more interested in her personal
life than sex, she tries to become friendly and then shares much information out.
He cared more about
their lives than their sex lives it seems.
«On Chesil Beach» has both a rich sense of how much more there is to
life than sex, and also an acute awareness of how sex can overwhelm everything else.
An Asian student mentions the Buddhist emphasis on tolerance and peace, adding, «There is so much more to
life than sex, television, clothes, and money and all that stuff.»
Not exact matches
Salvation, Graham believed, was the ultimate holy reward for clean eating and
living — and not having
sex more
than once a month.
We tell couples that just because they wait, their
sex life will be great, rather
than preparing them for the potential issues that might arise along the way.
(Wilcox does not mention the recent and widely publicized finding that evangelical wives have better
sex lives with their husbands
than religiously unaffiliated do with theirs, but it seems to follow that this would be so.)
For example, there are data to indicate that persons
living on the west coast or in the northeast are more likely
than midwesterners and southerners to have had extramarital affairs, to have had an abortion, or to have had
sex with sixty - one or more persons, and they are also less likely to find one - night stands degrading.
To
live celibacy well requires in some ways a deeper healing, and a more dramatic inner transformation
than opposite
sex marriage would require.
I talk about how the evangelical obsession with
sex can make Christian
living seem like little more
than sticking to a list of rules, and how millennials long for faith communities in which they are safe asking tough questions and wrestling with doubt.
The challenge facing the church is to discard the unproven scientific theories of the 1980's and 1990's; to understand the scientific evidence that shows non-reverable sexual orientations; and to give the gay believer in Christ mercy to be married for
life to the same
sex spouse (rather
than to continue to insist on the sacrifice of celibacy).
Whenever
sex is these things, it can not help but be wrong, for it destroys rather
than creates
life.
I also was aware of the hypocrisy of how «gay» sin, or «non-virgin» sin, or other «moral» issues, were regarded far far differently
than sins of omission, white lies, tax fudging, white collar crime in general (who is more sinful, the girl that has
sex before marriage, or the CEO that knows his company is lax on pollution standards that affect the health of hundreds / thousands of people and animals that
live nearby)
My
sex life is probably more ethical and honest
than most married couples is.
That kind of historical evidence has emerged often enough to suggest that rather
than having enormous premature babies, ordinary people like Hannah and Elijah were having premarital
sex (Family
Life and Illicit Love in Earlier Generations, by P. Laslett [Cambridge University Press, 1977]-RRB-.
Producers come from three underprivileged groups: women rescued from
sex trafficking or abuse, those suffering from HIV / AIDS and people
living on less
than $ 1 a day.
A man who thinks that nothing is more important
than the satisfaction of the
sex urge can not understand the meaning of chastity; a man who ranks the amassing of material things as the supreme end of
life can not understand generosity; and a man who has never a thought beyond this world can not understand the things of God.
Those whose
sex life is satisfying and beautiful may have intercourse with less frequency
than unhappy couples who are frantically proving their sexuality or searching for a solution to their emotional pain.
Feminism challenges the legitimacy of
sex roles Along with other social movements, feminism is rooted in the critique that a society so constructed that certain people and groups profit from inequalities — between men and women, rich and poor, black and white, etc. — is a society in which money is more highly valued
than love, justice, and human
life itself.
Human beings seek more in
life than food, water, shelter, and
sex; more even
than self - esteem, social acceptance, and love.
The point Grenz was trying to make is that sexuality is much bigger
than a desire for
sex and therefore single people can
live and flourish as sexual beings apart from marriage.
And some gay people feel that gay
sex is wrong (and many have at some point in their
lives), so they are clearly capable of taking a moral stand on the issue (without the physical components of their brains being any different
than someone who makes a different choice).
We know what that is as Jesus told us «Greater love has no one
than this, that he lay down his
life for his friends» (Jn15: 13)
Sex is part of God's plan to share His
life and love with us in Jesus Christ.
In a 2009 study in Journal of American College Health, B.J. Willoughby and J.S. Carroll found that «students
living in co-ed housing were also more likely [
than those in single -
sex residences] to have more sexual partners in the last 12 months.»
And maybe same -
sex unions could be called something else
than Holy Matrimony, namely, Holy Unions — which embody the eschatological
life of the Spirit.
Research indicates that students in single -
sex residences are significantly less likely to engage in binge drinking and the hookup culture
than students
living in co-ed student residences.
Younger Christians are weary of pitched cultural battles and are longing for the «real Jesus» — a Jesus who talks more about washing feet and feeding the poor
than flashpoint issues like same -
sex marriage and the sanctity of
life.
And what are the best ways for Christians to talk about and
live their faith in a culture that thinks
sex and chores are more important to family
life than religion?
In describing and accounting for the
lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over
sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level
than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.
... Now will you take sixty seconds to bring yourself to your present age, still a member of the other
sex... notice what you do differently
than you did in real
life... notice how you feel about it all... (The leader waits at this point for about sixty seconds.)
As I looked at the issue myself, I recognised that the traditional biblical view pointed to same -
sex practice as wrong, and less
than God's best for my
life.
Less is recorded from the lips of Jesus
than the pen of Paul about
sex relations, but it is unlikely that our Lord ever expected celibacy to be exalted as the pattern of
life for the «religious,» as is the practice of the Roman Catholic Church.
This article is not meant to simply turn you away from getting married; it's an invitation to see your
life as bigger
than simply a hedonistic pursuit of
sex.
There's more to
life than partying, drugs,
sex and alcohol.
I can assure all of you we have better
sex together
than any of the non christian people just
living together.
there is nothing better
than uninhibited
sex with the one you have committed your
life to.
You should marry someone with a compatible temperament, similar goals, whose company you enjoy, etc. rather
than marry someone with whom
sex is superb but is otherwise a poor choice for a
life mate.
But I do know it won't happen by even more furious denunciations of others, by focusing on politics rather
than prayer, by concerning ourselves with the
sex lives and heretical thoughts of others rather
than with the constant struggle to liberate ourselves from what keeps us from God.
Forget the millions of viewers at home — is there anything more mortifying for a grown man
than having to talk about your
sex life in front of your mom?
That meant I was not going to a dinner on his fathers best friends arm, That he counted for more
than my friends and any one else, And from that second on under his roof he was the final judge and arbiter in all things, that he was tired of blackmail with
sex and the next person that held him with a weapon he might kill outright, and if I did nor submit after the hell we put him through he might decide I was worth less
than a bugs
life, I ran for the door and he shredded my outfit I was begging him that he was going to do something.
He may feel anxious about upcoming expenses, your health insurance coverage, the pain that you'll feel during pregnancy or delivery, what
life will be like with three rather
than two, and the effects of pregnancy on your
sex life.
I am enjoying my
life and doing things that I haven't done in years and even though my husband is suffering from illness and that our
sex life is zero I am discovering
sex toys which I must admit are at times better
than the real thing!
Nothing speaks more to that
than when Margot briefly imagines sharing her bad -
sex fling with Robert with a sympathetic boyfriend at some point in
life — only to realize that she'll probably never find a man she'll feel comfortable being herself around and sharing her past with without facing his judgment: «but of course there was no such future, because no such boy existed, and never would.»
Other
than that, we really
live like two room mates — even the
sex is sporadic and lacks passion and love.
Age 32 Career fitness model & alpinist Marriage — 8 total years with dating
Sex life — 2 - 3 times a year Age difference — he's 11 years older
than me Kids — one kid & obviously done LOL
What she is saying is that she loves her husband but needs a different kind of
sex life than what he provides.
Basically, at this point, other
than for
sex, I ignore women, because I know any early steps in a relationship ends with a grimace on her part when she finds out I
live in a basement.
Rather
than marrying 20 times or more in one's
life via serial monogamy, we can keep one emotional lover and just have casual, meaningless — and hot —
sex with strangers (oftentimes in threesomes with their partner).
About 93 percent of us say faithfulness is a must to make a marriage successful — even more so
than having a happy
sex life, sharing household chores, and having similar passions and interests.
Sleep is the main thing parents miss from their pre-child
life, more
than time for themselves or
sex.