Bör sammankomster endast för kvinnor prioriteras i Norden? Hur informerar och vägleder Skriften vår förståelse och prioritering av sådana händelser och rytmer i lokala kyrkors och troendes liv?
Kuten paratiisissa, ihmiskunta pyrkii piilottamaan syntinsä, mutta Jumala kutsuu meitä esiin piilosta ja lunastukseen.
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and...
Biblens vision for sex er så meget større og smukkere end det, vores film, musik og sundhedsvidenskab reducerer det til at være. Den Gudsskabte, Gudsærende sex, knytter to hele mennesker, skabt i Guds billede, med evige sjæle og unikke personligheder, sammen på trods af deres synd, i en nærhed og en forening, der afspejler treenigheden selv og den samhørighed, vi havde med hinanden og Gud i Edens Have. Med dét billede for øje, kan man måske få den tanke, at sex og ægteskab er afgørende for at være et helt menneske. Men sex er ikke livsnødvendigt, det er ikke afgørende...
The Bible’s vision for physical intimacy is so much bigger and more beautiful than what our movies, music, and secular healthcare systems reduce it to be. God-created, God-honoring sex connects two whole people that are made in God’s image and who possess eternal souls. God’s created beings have unique personalities and, despite their sin, they possess a closeness and a union that, although imperfectly, mirrors the Trinity itself. This reality echoes the connection we had with one other and God in the Garden of Eden. With that image in mind, we might think that sex and marriage are essential to...
