Posts Tagged “sex”
Concern for the nation
by i.burgess on February 6, 2012
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil. 1 Peter 3:13-17 A slender woman in a bright blue skirt clips her way down the aisle, last note of a praise-chorus still humming from the piano. High cheeks and deep red lipstick as she pushes [...]
Thinking somehow if someone else does it, it’s fine
by i.burgess on April 18, 2010
The faith which I have come to hold as most sacred to me has been a very significant factor in shaping me. Christianity has shaped the way I think about, well, pretty much everything. I am really thankful that has happened. I guess my life would look remarkably different if I had not met God, [...]
Valentines Blessing
by i.burgess on February 14, 2010
It hurts me to write this. Really, I’d rather dip my face in burning acid than admit it, but one of the clearest and most blessed ways by which God reveals himself is by the union of man and woman. Marriage shows the perfect representation of the invisible God, as together man and woman are [...]
John Piper on Sexual Sin
by i.burgess on January 19, 2010
The root of the issue is the ‘joy of our salvation’ The misuse of sex is a symptom of a loss of our relationship with God This has been real ‘good news’ for me. Possibly Related Posts: A New Year Prayer Everlasting Gaze Fear Not The Toilsome Path I Love The Machine Lead, Kindly Light
If I shall not be one with a woman, who shall I be one with?
by i.burgess on January 14, 2010
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Gen 2:24) I was created with the desire to be with a woman. Adam, in the garden of Eden – even before sin seperated him from God – desired the company of another [...]
Singleness, Discipleship and the story of God
by i.burgess on December 26, 2009
At the moment I’m reading a really interesting book, ‘Resident Aliens’ by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon. This book is full of fantastic wisdom and provoking thoughts for Christians living in countries like mine where the Church has ceased to have a moral majority in society. One specific passage really challenged me: If our society [...]
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