I wonder if it would be wise in referencing and promoting the report on human sexuality to note the brokenness that is part of all areas of our sexuality. If discussion is limited to positional "right" and "wrong" on "the issues" we're left with learning how to get along while on separate sides of a fence. Moving towards and into the areas where we all have common weaknesses, marital struggle, infidelity, divorce, sex and dating, pornography, lust, abuse, might hopefully create a discussion where we're all on the same side of the fence, i.e. failure and a need for grace. I know this means diving a little deeper into honest discussion. It also ups the ante for the temptations of being "self right" to being "self righteous." Maybe the diving could expose some of our "self righteousness" which would be a gain as a greater incentive to seek God's grace. The little I know about the report suggests to me that it may have this capability as part of its design. Let me know if this might be so.
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I wonder if it would be wise in referencing and promoting the report on human sexuality to note the brokenness that is part of all areas of our sexuality. If discussion is limited to positional "right" and "wrong" on "the issues" we're left with learning how to get along while on separate sides of a fence. Moving towards and into the areas where we all have common weaknesses, marital struggle, infidelity, divorce, sex and dating, pornography, lust, abuse, might hopefully create a discussion where we're all on the same side of the fence, i.e. failure and a need for grace. I know this means diving a little deeper into honest discussion. It also ups the ante for the temptations of being "self right" to being "self righteous." Maybe the diving could expose some of our "self righteousness" which would be a gain as a greater incentive to seek God's grace. The little I know about the report suggests to me that it may have this capability as part of its design. Let me know if this might be so.