The sexual fallout of rejecting God
Eve and Adam didn’t accept God’s rule. They wanted to be in charge of their life, do their own thing. God was a killjoy, a spoilsport. Tempted by Satan and believing his lie (Genesis 3:4b-5) “Surely you will not die, for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil.”; Eve rejects God’s rule on her life. Adam follows. They allow the created thing (the snake or Satan) to instruct them and the follow it rather than God. Naked and ashamed: The first consequence of disobedience to God’s design is (Genesis 3:7) is that “…...
Read MoreGood Sex God’s way: Created Sexual for a purpose
Created for a purpose: In Genesis, we learn that mankind (man and woman) were created to rule over the earth and subdue it (Genesis 1:26). As image bearers of God, man and woman were created to rule and not be ruled by creation. By this means they were to keep the good order that God had created. This is God – man – and the rest of creation. They were to do this as a couple. God brought them together in the first marriage. Man, created first and given the role of leader and woman as the perfect and suitable helper and companion for the task of ruling the world and procreating for the future....
Read MoreGood Sex God’s way: Relational and Embodied
God makes it very clear. We are sexual beings, male and female, before God and each other. It is the way we are created. This applies to our body, brain and behaviour. And it is good. In fact God thinks it is very good. Let’s go where it all began, to the book of Genesis, in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. God having created the earth and all the plants and animals looked around and saw that it was all good. Well, not quite. God decided that Adam, the first man being alone was actually ‘not good’ (Genesis 2:18). So, God created Eve. Now we have male and female. Genesis 1:27-28 “Then...
Read MoreHas the bible anything to say about sex?
Most people think that the bible is an old tome of outdated rules. And when it comes to sex, all it says is – don’t do it. Well, if you thought so, I have news for you. The Bible has a lot to say about sex. As a sexologist, I’ve read heaps of sex books. And the Bible is the one I’ve learned the most about sex from. How come? The Bible starts (in the first book of Genesis) with a romantic sexual marriage union. Adam and Eve, perfect in body and mind. Adam had the perfect six pack and was perfectly adorned. Eve – well she had no need of any surgical enhancement. And when God brought Adam his...
Read MoreWelcome to ‘Doing Sex God’s way’.
Join me as I bring sexological research, sexual biology and the Bible together. It will help you discover that a Christ centred and God glorifying approach to personal sexuality and couple sex is both joyous and healthy. Why this blog? We live in a world of rampant individualism and self-fulfilment. The mantra of sexuality as a panacea for all unhappiness screams at us from magazines, media and billboards. Television programs and internet sites present sex as a commodity for entertainment and titillation. Pornography and erotic novels invite us into fantasy worlds of sexual practices. This...
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