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What matters more than what you put in or on your body – 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8, Part 1

What kinds of substances is God okay with you putting in your body?  What kinds of clothing does God want you to wear on your body?  Or rather, how much of your body is God okay with your leaving uncovered by clothing?  What kinds of images can you look at?  What words can you say? Continue reading “What matters more than what you put in or on your body – 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8, Part 1”

So many questions about human sexuality – 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8, Preview

This coming week I resume the blog series on 1 Thessalonians, and we will study chapter 4, verses 1–8.  The topic of those verses is sexuality.  Evidence suggests that the Greco-Roman culture of the first century was highly sexualized, somewhat like many cultures of the twenty-first century.  What Paul writes to the Christians in ThessalonicaContinue reading “So many questions about human sexuality – 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8, Preview”