There are many myths about what Jesus said on divorce and adultery. In this post, you will learn the number […]
How Jesus explains divorce and adultery (it’s about treachery, not sex) Read Post »
Firelight, Sex (and divorce) in the New Testament
For people who suffer marital abuse, divorce is a significant and important way for them to escape harm (or at
Gregoire, Grudem and grounds for divorce: why didn’t Jesus mention abuse? Read Post »
Firelight, Sex (and divorce) in the New Testament, The church and exclusion
Content note: this post discusses purity culture, divorce and marital rape. EDITED TO ADD: I wrote this in 2021 as
In 2 Corinthians, I see allusions to one of the harshest laws in Deuteronomy concerning women, sex, and virginity – and yet, there is no violence in Paul’s letter.
For a little while, now I’ve been furrowing my eyebrows at one particular line in Jesus’s parable of the prodigal
The prodigal and prostitutes – and the surprise gender-flip in Jesus’s parable Read Post »
Moonlight, Sex (and divorce) in the New Testament, Virginity in the Old Testament
Note: I wrote this in 2019 because there was a debate at the time within Methodism. However, much of what
(Photo credit: Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash) I reckon one of the biggest chasms between Christian thought and sex-positive thinking
Let’s talk about sarx! When Paul criticised ‘the flesh’ he wasn’t being body-negative Read Post »
Sex (and divorce) in the New Testament, Sunlight
