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Job: Some intial thoughts.
I have struggled with theodicy my whole life and so I thought it would be wise to take Job Exegesis this quarter with Butler, an amazing Job scholar, and delve into the Hebrew text. I am currently writing my exegetical … Continue reading
Kissing Christians
Recently in my Pastoral Care and Sexuality we were fortunate to have a true pioneer speaking to our class in her field of expertise. Dr. Joyce Penner and her husband Dr. Clifford Penner ended up as Christian sex counselors and … Continue reading
Pastoral Care and Sexuality: A Christian Approach to Gender?
I greatly appreciated the comments to my last post. A number of people chimed in and reported their experiences of gender messages in the church. Combined with over conversations and personal experiences I’ve had it seems that the church in … Continue reading
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Pastoral Care and Sexuality: What is Christian masculinity and Christian femininity?
In my previous post and poll I talked about the fact that gender has been argued to be either a product of biological factors, sociocultural factors or some mix of the two. I also presented a pair of married Christian … Continue reading
Pastoral Care and Sexuality: Sexuality- is it pre-ordained or trained?
Are sexuality and gender social constructs or biological realities? Continue reading
Christian Sexual Ethics: Is sex moral when as long as they are monongamous/committed/in love…?
The last and final Christian sexual ethic I will deal with is the suggestion that sexual intercourse is moral in any relationships that is monogamous and committed, even if the persons have not married. This argument was “out there” as … Continue reading
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Christian Sexual Ethics: Should the church permit pre-marital sex to avoid young-divorce?
Continuing my series of blogs I will today interact with one of the ethics that was suggested. In short the argument was that the church should permit singles to be sexually active before marriage because maintaining our current ethic leads … Continue reading
Christian Sexual Ethics: Should singles have sex before marriage to make sure they are sexually compatible?
“A condom is the glass slipper for our generation. You slip one on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, and then you throw it away.” Continue reading
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Christian Sexual Ethics: Is sex moral when “appropriate vulnerability” is present ?
The first proponent I will interact with argued that sexual intercourse between singles was not inherently immoral. According to her, the morality of any sexual encounter (between married persons, unmarried persons, homosexuasl, heterosexuals, etc.) is to be determined by the … Continue reading
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Why this use of the Bible is problematic due to the Bible we have…
[In my previous post I have described how I have seen the Bible essentially treated as a “Truth mine.” The Bible is “mined” for eternal truths from God. These truths are often then used to guide and govern Christian behavior … Continue reading →