Episode 50 of the Created Naked podcast: Naked, Being Seen as God’s Creation https://anchor.fm/creatednaked/episodes/Naked–Being-Seen-as-Gods-Creation-e29pv62
Most Americans, and particularly Christians, have a very strong “modesty-ethic“. From a very young age, children are taught that there are certain parts of their bodies which must NOT be seen by anyone of the opposite sex. Those “boy-parts” and “girl-parts” are often called “privates“. This brief essay isn’t about “body-shame“, because I have already […]
As I have struggled over the past several months with the implications of being created in the “image and likeness” of God (Genesis 1:26-28), I have also struggled to understand how we, as believers, have strayed from the original intent and understanding of this key passage. Certainly the invasion of Gnostic dualism has played a […]