Can Christianity Survive the Sexual Revolution?

Crisis Magazine ^ | March 26, 2015 | STEPHEN BASKERVILLE

[NYer]

Ping!

[JSDude1]

Yes.

[vpintheak]

What doe sthe author think Rome was like when Christianity was growing by leaps and bounds. Not only yes, but if it is the Lords will, what can stand against Him!

[jagusafr]

Two of our pastors have tackled homosexuality, promiscuity and adultery in the last several years from the pulpit - and this at a Methodist church(okay, a very un-UMC Methodist church). One of the reasons we haven’t left the denomination.

[Jonty30]

People don’t want to be holy and, if the church challenged them, they would leave.

[kosciusko51]

But the church’s crisis today is not imprecise or unsound doctrine. The church’s failing now is lacking the courage to apply its doctrine in the face of a defiant and politicized sexual immorality.

Hmm, I wonder if there is a correlation...

Pope Francis: Doctrine is cold and leads to an abstract world devoid of Theological Virtues

[trisham]

Yes. Absolutely.

[kosciusko51]

Please note that my comment is referring to Pope Francis’ statement and nothing more.

[Scrambler Bob]

Well I guess not, then. /S

Actually it depends on the definition of Christianity.

Christianity is most often defined by non-believers and/or God haters. And they get it wrong.

Therefore, I prefer not to call myself a Christian. The early Church did not either.

[MeshugeMikey]

the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Psalm 25:7New International Version (NIV)

7 Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, Lord, are good.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

If it survived the Roman Empire and the French Revolution and the Red Revolution in Russia—It can survives this new pervestion.

[cotton]

Sex out side of marriage is sinful. The result of that sin can be a baby. The pregnancy and childbirth are not sinful. Abortion of that baby is the greatest sin, murder of the innocent! God wants marriage because an intact family is the best environment for mother, father and baby.

[hecticskeptic]

I think that as detailed as this article is, it misses the mark. I have heard pastors, read articles and so forth on many occasions where the sexual sins in our culture were discussed be those adultery, homosexuality etc…..what is so often missing is any emphasis on what really is the God ordained plan for human sexuality and why. It is not simply about living one’s life with a bunch of rules about what one can’t do….it’s about understanding how God wants us to live our lives in a positive sense and that means that the topic of sexuality has to be approached as much from the perspective of what God wants us to do with the component of our sexual lives… as opposed to just what he doesn’t want people to do.

[Desron13]

Wrong question. It should have been “Can the human race survive the Sexual Revolution.”

[fwdude]

The reason that the homosexual rights movement has managed to pick up such a large contingent of heterosexual fellow-travelers is simple: Because once that taboo is abrogated, no taboos are left. I once heard a heterosexual Episcopalian put it this way: If I don't want the church poking its nose into my bedroom, how can I condone it when it limits the sexual freedom of homosexuals? That might sound outrageous, but if you still believe that the debate is over the religious status of monogamous same-sex relationships, please be prepared to point out one church somewhere in the U.S. that has opened its doors to active homosexuals without also opening them to every other form of sexual coupling imaginable.

- Ronald G. Lee, "The Truth About the Homosexual Rights Movement," Feb. 2006

http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles8/Lee-The-Truth-About-The-Homosexual-Rights-Movement.php

[iowamark]

Stephen Baskerville is Professor of Government at Patrick Henry College and past president of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children. He is a Fellow at the Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and his second book, Taken Into Custody: The War against Fathers, Marriage, and the Family, was published by Cumberland House Publishing in 2007.

I wonder if he has a dog?

[Kandy Atz]

Change the inner man and the behavior will follow. Preach the Living Word, not just against behavior. Sin is bondage. God’s Truth sets folks free. Faith comes from hearing God’s Word, not the 18th sermon on the evil of the day.

That is what finally transformed my life. You can’t help but want to please your Heavenly Father once you KNOW how much He loves you. The more revelation you receive, the less desire for even the appearance of sin in your life.

You preach condemnation, religious bondage, etc., you are likely to either see more sin, hypocrisy, or chase people away.

And one of my favorite old preacher sayings: “You gotta catch the fish before you can clean them.”

[virgil283]

Yes

As vpintheak said It survived the Romans and flourished.

Roman slavery was so terrible that pedophiles bought children slaves and when they tired of molesting them would then sell them to another....we are not at that place yet....and I hope never again