We don't tell about our most intimate, sexual moments In most of his many books, including secret body, the comparative religions scholar—and wonderful, insightful author, jeffrey j Kripal, writing as a straight man (but with no hint of homophobia or judgment), tells how he. A new study says those who are religious can either have great or lesser sexual satisfaction based on how they live out their sex lives But the lessons in this study go beyond religious identity. Of all the gifts god has afforded us, sexuality is one of the most challenging to use wisely, ranking next to controlling the tongue (james 3:2)
We know that the sex drive is part of how god made us, and we also know that god commands that sexual expression be limited to the confines of marriage 5th reason why sex matters to god Jesus paid the price for each sin if we carelessly persist in sexual sin, including pornography, we are consciously or unconsciously adding to the awful pains that jesus bore during his atonement and crucifixion for our sins With each sin, we add to his pain. Therefore, the more sex is enjoyed in ways redolent of its creator, the better sex is for all involved — to god’s glory and our sanctification and joy The church father irenaeus nearly reduced it to a formula when he said, “the glory of god is man fully alive, and the life of man is the vision of god” (irenaeus, adversus haereses 4.20.7).
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