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Bible's Top Sexual No-No's

By Chris Hammond, M.S. Ever wonder what the Bible says about sex?   It is filled with plenty of practical information about our daily lives including advice on love, money, wisdom, relationships, and work but what about sex?   Surprisingly, there are many verses about the matter and even an entire book called Song of Solomon written about it.   Yet not much is discussed in Christian circles about how God views sex.   There is much discussion about how other people view sex (just look at the titles of magazines at your grocery store), but few if any discuss how God views it. So after looking over many verses, it all comes down to a couple of basic ideas and here are the top sexual no-no’s in alphabetical order. Adultery is sex with someone who is not your spouse.   This commandment was given by God through the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:14.   Jesus expanded the definition in Matt. 5:28 to include someone who looks at another ...

Why Strong Men Fall into Lustful Addiction

By Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor Sarah woke up from a deep sleep at 3 AM and realized that her husband wasn’t in bed, so she got up to see if he was okay. She was not prepared for what she saw next. Her husband of 27 years, who she respected as a man of integrity, was sitting in front of their home computer in some sort of “ trance ” while looking at the most sexually graphic pictures that she had ever seen. “ Mark ,” she shouted! “ What are you doing ?” Mark was shocked to see her, but then looked up into the confused eyes of his wife and sobbed out, “ I don’t know .” Sadly this sort of scene is played out every single day in good homes all across the country. Research shows there are over 1,000 “ adult ” pornographic sites added to the internet every week, which are readily available to anyone surfing the web looking for a quick sexual thrill. Sexual addiction is a huge problem for all segments of society, including Christian circles. The Men’s group ‘ Promise Keepers’ ...