The dominant church has failed at offering a theology of sex When I read the survey that suggested that half of U.S. Christians say casual sex between consenting adults is sometimes or always acceptable, I immediately was unsurprised since the church has done a very bad job of teaching much of a theology of sex beyond a blanket prohibition for premarital and extramarital sex. Teenagers all over the country who are growing up in Christian environments will often recite the rule they learned to obey, but they won’t have a lot more dialogue about sex. That lack of theology creates a void, and perhaps even without nefarious intent that void gets filled with other theologies and philosophies of sex.
The meaning of sex precedes its existence
The meaning of sex precedes its existence
The meaning of sex precedes its existence
The dominant church has failed at offering a theology of sex When I read the survey that suggested that half of U.S. Christians say casual sex between consenting adults is sometimes or always acceptable, I immediately was unsurprised since the church has done a very bad job of teaching much of a theology of sex beyond a blanket prohibition for premarital and extramarital sex. Teenagers all over the country who are growing up in Christian environments will often recite the rule they learned to obey, but they won’t have a lot more dialogue about sex. That lack of theology creates a void, and perhaps even without nefarious intent that void gets filled with other theologies and philosophies of sex.