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Nadia Bolz-Weber’s Gospel of Shame-Free Sexuality
Christianity Today ^
| 7 Feburary A.D. 2019
| Wesley Hill
Posted on 03/31/2019 7:09:57 PM PDT by lightman
...Unfortunately, the pastor who talked up the liberation that comes from admitting you’re in the wrong now seems more interested in helping people understand why they don’t need to. In her new book, Shameless: A Sexual Reformation, Bolz-Weber is out to set Christians free from the angst and humiliation churches have often foisted on them because of their sexual proclivities and behaviors. But the way the book goes about doing so is by rejecting wholesale the idea of “sexual purity” and, with it, the need to confess sexual transgression....
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TOPICS: Mainline Protestant; Ministry/Outreach; Moral Issues; Theology
KEYWORDS: antiabstinence; antichrist; antinomian; celebratesin; cultureofcorruption; elca; falseprophet; gaystapotactics; homofascism; itsjustsex; justdohim; lavendermafia; lutheran; moralabsolutes; nadiabolzweber; sexpositiveagenda; sexuality; shameless; smashmonogamy; smashthepatriarchy; smashthestate
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To: mumblypeg
Cool, you say.
Just...DAMN.
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04/01/2019 8:07:38 AM PDT
by
gogeo
(Liberal politics and mental instability; coincidence, correlation, or causation?)
To: ConservativeMind; All
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04/01/2019 8:32:19 AM PDT
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marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: elpadre; beethovenfan
It seems to me Wesley is writing a criticism of the book and its author, not a recommendation or endorsement. Correct.
FR excerpting rules prevented posting more of Wesley's scathing criticism.
It is worth the click to read the original article on Christianity Today.
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04/01/2019 8:33:14 AM PDT
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lightman
(Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
To: lightman
In her new book, Shameless: A Sexual Reformation, Bolz-Weber is out to set Christians free from the angst and humiliation churches have often foisted on them because of their sexual proclivities and behaviors.Rule #1:
Never, ever, under any circumstances should you trust a woman with a hyphenated name.
To: Constitution Day
Never, ever, under any circumstances should you trust a woman with a hyphenated name. With one notable exception: Kh. Frederica Matthews-Green, respected Orthodox Christian author and wife of Fr. Gregory Matthews-Green.
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04/01/2019 8:41:49 AM PDT
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lightman
(Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
To: lightman
I’ll have to take your word for it.
To: gogeo
I’m not saying she looks cool. I’m saying a lot of lefties would think that, & might condescend to show up in Hope’s of having a more groovy experience.
Aren’t a lot of churches watering down the liturgy & bringing in rock bands? She’s just a more obvious example.
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04/01/2019 12:56:47 PM PDT
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mumblypeg
(I've seen the future, brother. It is murder. --L. Cohen)
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