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The Nashville Statement: A Critical Review
By: Jamin Hübner | January 28, 2019
Jamin Hübner offers a detailed analysis of the "Nashville Statement" in hopes of shining a brighter light on the controversial document which addressed human identity, transgenderism, homosexuality, and other related topics. Hübner frames the debate, systematically examines the Statement itself, and concludes with final reflections.
Hey Church, We Need to Talk About Consent
By: Melissa Spolar | December 19, 2018
The few men who have kissed me did not ask my permission first. They didn’t ask if I wanted their tongues in my mouth, or about any of the other things they’ve tried either. It seems this is the standard today—even among Christians.
Book Review: Breaking the Marriage Idol
By: Andrea Kulberg | December 11, 2018
In Breaking the Marriage Idol, Kutter Calloway describes how the modern church has become distracted by pagan norms for sexual expression and marriage, and why this contributes to our idealization of marriage and the marginalization of unmarried persons. Arguing that the church has bought in to the Hollywood notion that marriage is the antidote to [...]
Book Review: Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
By: Sarah Lindsay | November 19, 2018
Pure examines the harmful effects of evangelical Christianity's purity culture with particular emphasis on the long-lasting and outward-rippling effects of shame. Of particular interest to CBE's audience, the book details the ways in which purity culture cooperates with patriarchy and harms women.
What I Wish the Church Had Told My Husband and Me About Sex and Consent
By: Christine Woolgar | November 5, 2018
“Do you want a divorce?” My husband was momentarily speechless. From the earliest days of our marriage, we struggled with sex. By the time I asked the question that so shocked my husband, it was apparent that we couldn’t resolve the issue by talking to each other or to our friends or by reading [...]
Book Review: Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire
By: Jamin Hübner | October 30, 2018
Jessica Johnson, an anthropologist with no religious affiliation, finds the ethos and orientation at Mars Hill as incarnating “biblical porn” (hence the title of her book).
Jesus, Women, and Sexual Stigma (Finnish, English)
By: Matti Kankaanniemi | October 24, 2018
The attitude of Jesus of Nazareth toward women bearing sexual stigma was quite exceptional compared to that of his contemporaries. Behind this we can see, for instance, the radical idea of a woman being an individual capable of making independent decisions.
Created for Partnership ... Especially through Mutual Intimacy (Finnish, English)
By: Patti Ricotta | October 23, 2018
When rightly understood, Gen. 2:24-25 and Eph. 5: 21-33 provide an almost formula-like description for a pleasurable, loving, faithful marriage of oneness built on equality and mutuality. Modern science teaches what the writers of Genesis and Ephesians could not have known.
The Good News About Sex After Marriage: You Can Still Say "No"
By: Lisa Bartelt | September 26, 2018
“If you don’t have sex with your husband anytime he wants, he’ll find it somewhere else.” Fresh out of college and a new Christian, this was my introduction to what I thought was the “biblical” approach to marriage.
My Resounding "Yes" to God and Embracing My Sexuality: Singleness and the Song of Songs
By: Elizabeth Gentry | January 31, 2018
“A sermon on Song of Solomon! But single people aren’t supposed to read that book!”