Month: October 2023

Jesus’ Teaching on Divorce: An Old Testament Context

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Jesus reinterpreted Old Testament teachings on divorce, claiming it was not intended in the original divine plan. He taught that unless a wife had acted immorally (porneia), divorcing her was tantamount to adultery. Therefore, marriage should not be dissolved arbitrarily, as was common in those times. His teachings marked a significant shift in viewing divorce as a breach of covenant, thus equalizing the relational responsibility of men and women. This concept and its implications call for deeper investigation.

Why I Created a Patreon

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1. To Free my Time for Creative Work This morning I woke up with the passion on my heart to create a course for Christian leaders that will help them shift their experience of sex from one governed by appetite and instinct, to one governed by an intention to love. The only thing I need … Read more

It’s All About Women

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The more deeply I study the questions of sexual ethics that face our modern culture, the more often I see this theme of women and the role of the woman as central to the discussion. Whether it’s polyamory, homosexuality, contraception, marriage, virginity, family…everything related to sex in the Bible seems to hinge around this question … Read more

Intimate Communication – Take it Fast; or Slow?

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Sometimes you meet a person and it feels like you’ve known them forever. It is easy to just open up and bare your whole soul. They can hold it. They want to hold it. They want to hold you, and you want to be held by them. It is beautiful, especially when these feelings are mutual and you feel a sense of deep connection that may last an entire lifetime.