Preaching about women and men? Anticipate ancient contradiction
When it comes to describing gender, we might think that we face novel difficulty…until we note something about the apostle Paul’s addresses on gender.
Category: Intergendered Intimacy
Gender is a gift given to foster intimacy in relationship. Intergendered relationship build intimacy in sometimes counterintuitive ways.
Rejected at Christmas? Welcome to the Family!
Jesus was rejected by family and neighbors. It is sometimes hard to endure family. It is even harder to tell the truth in the right way when scorned.
Where We Were and Where We Were Heading
15 years ago, a short booklet called “Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles” appeared. Happily, it is still available and last year saw a 2nd edition.
Sex Work Versus The Bible
Efforts in at least 6 states seek to legalize “sex work.” How does this growing movement’s conception of physical intimacy compare with the Bible’s portrayal?
Gender Disintegration: From the Academy to Statistics
If you feel like God’s gift of gender is being destroyed, you are right. How can we know that this sense is more than just a feeling? Is it just alarmism?
I’ve Stopped Talking About Sex
The author is far from prudish. So why is he no longer am comfortable speaking of “sex,” referring to the physical act of intimacy?
Encouraging Steps of the Church
In a review of the book, “Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian,” by Michelle Lee-Barnewall, we get some of that encouragement
Surprise, Surprise: Cohabiting Increases Chances of Divorce (Who Knew?)
Research shows that marrying young without ever having lived together with a partner makes for the lowest divorce rates. Surprising news? It shouldn’t be.
People Meet Their Dates Online
Online dating has eclipsed every other way of meeting a potential mate. Are daters wise enough to handle the change with a minimum of heartache?
Christmas in Revelation III – When the Love of Many Grows Cold
Let us keep on with intergendered love because thus our redemption has been worked.