Month: August 2020

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own

Essay #2, Biblical Sexuality The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak My first essay looked at the importance of the body. It carries out our desires. Because we sin in our bodies, Jesus paid our debt to God with a body. In his body he was crucified and resurrected. As Paul wrote the … [Read more…]

Flesh

Everything happens in the body Essay #1, Biblical Sexuality TEMPLE 101, A LITTLE HISTORY At the time Jesus was born, Herod the Great was more than halfway through rebuilding the Jewish temple in Jerusalem, a project that took decades. The glinting temple, embellished with gold, was the centerpiece of a massive complex called the temple … [Read more…]