Biblical Balance in Teaching About Sexual Sin – don’t white wash and downplay sexual sin, but don’t continually beat people up over it
In this podcast (see link below), beginning around 17 minutes, Chris Rosebrough, the host, starts reviewing a video or podcast by some woman of a show called “Religish,” who is telling people how to get over the feelings of shame their conservative churches instilled in them about their sexual sin.
I have seen mostly the opposite problem in Christianity these days: people who have watered down the fact that sexual sin is bad and is, in fact, sin.
I too often see preachers on TV and every day Christians on blogs, and emergent / liberal Christians on their blogs (and even some supposed conservative Christians), take an attitude of “oh, everyone sexually sins, it’s not that bad, just forgive yourself for it, God does!”
Christian attitudes toward pre-marital sex, adultery, and homosexual sex is very laissez-faire to the point these people sometimes mock or ridicule sexual purity, and virginity (well, I suppose that is redundant, as I regard them as being one and the same).
There may be some quarters of the faith that are very legalistic and damming about sexual sins, but most churches and Christians these days are the total opposite, they are too, too laid back and accepting.
Some Christians today, especially the feminist Christians and emergents / liberals (and a few conservatives – makes me want to puke), argue that because teaching Biblical standards about sex – i.e., that pre-marital or homosexal sex is sinful – hurts the feelings or shames fornicators (or of homosexuals), that Christians should either deny these teachings, or stop mentioning them.
The woman on this “Religish” show also seems to take the position that you should not feel shamed over sexual sin if you have committed it, or, she seems to feel that there is not even such a thing as sexual sin.
Chris Rosebrough addresses those topics on this pod cast (starting at around 17 minutes into the show).
He also discusses how people who have been hurt by legalistic, conservative churches usually end up drifting into liberal theology or self made, cafeteria styled (pick your own beliefs) religion:
(Link): Attack of the Liberals (discusses how Christians and Non Christians address sexual sin)
- • Relig-ish Advice for Recovering Conservatives
I on occasion disagree with Rosebrough on some issues, but I think he’s pretty much on the money with that segement of the show.
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Related posts on this blog:
(Link): Why So Much Fornication – Because Christians Have No Expectation of Sexual Purity
(Link): Some Researchers Argue that Shame Should Be Used to Treat Sexual Compulsions
(Link): Christian Response FAIL to Sexual Sin – Easy Forgivism
(Link): No, Christians and Churches Do Not Idolize Virginity and Sexual Purity
(Link): Married Christian Couples and Sexual Sin, More Examples – and Women and Porn
(Link): Are Most Churches Too Judgemental About Sexual Sin? (of the hetero variety)
(Link): Married (Christian) People Aren’t More Virtuous Than Christian Singles
(Link): Married Women Engage in Sexual Sin – and most men in denial particularly Christian conservatives
(Link): Article: Our Born-Again Virgin Bachelor – Secondary or Spiritual Virginity
(Link): Gotta Maintain that Propaganda that Married Christian Sex is “Mind Blowing”
(Link): Book Review at CP: Sex, Dating, and Relationships: The Dating Friendships Alternative
(Link): Critique of Christianity Today Article: The Real Value of Sex
(Link): Are Most Churches Too Judgemental About Sexual Sin? (of the hetero variety)
(Link): Criticism of Purity Teachings by Christians via a Woman’s Personal Testimony
(Link): Anti Virginity Moore Opines on Dirty Web Sites * Irony Alert *
(Link): New Study Released: Cheaters: More American Married Women Admit to Adultery (links)
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