Christian culture teaches Jesus followers to have painfully misguided expectations when they engage the biblical text. Christians seem to believe the Bible is written to all people and not for all people. They think it's exhaustive in answering all of our important questions. They presume everything they read is supposed to be prescriptive instead of largely descriptive. They … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Reboots Expectations to Christocentric Marital and Sexual Ethics
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Beatnik Christianity Demythologizes Marriage & Sex
For years I invested an obscene amount of time studying the biblical texts on marriage and sex. I sincerely hoped to emerge with a novel insight, crisp perspective, or strong conviction. No such luck, I'm afraid. To be clear, I didn't deconstruct these biblical texts into progressive oblivion. It's not that there's nothing there, it's just not there in the way we might wish. … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Demythologizes Marriage & Sex