Sexuality – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

So You Are Intersex

Gender Humanity Sexuality
/ By Randall Johnson

Can you imagine being on the receiving end of this email: In 2017, a few weeks after I mailed a tube of my saliva to a company that offers genetic testing to provide ancestry breakdowns and insight into

The Relation of the Soul to the Body

Gender Humanity Sexuality
/ By Randall Johnson

I am leaning heavily on the work of J.P. Moreland and Scott B. Rae in their book, Body and Soul: Human Nature and the Crisis in Ethics (IVP, 2000). They construct a defense of Thomistic Dualism, the view

The Soul and Gender

Gender Humanity Sexuality
/ By Randall Johnson

In his journal article, Four Theses Concerning Human Embodiment, Gregg R. Allison quotes Justin E.H. Smith’s definition of embodiment as “having, being in, or being associated with a body.”

Does God Have Gender?

Gender Humanity Sexuality
/ By Randall Johnson

“The first person of the Godhead chooses to name himself ‘Father’ (and not ‘Mother’) to indicate the respect and honor that is due him, as he anticipates in the created order the role that he

Can Gender Be Separated from Biology?

Gender Humanity Sexuality
/ By Randall Johnson

“I am female,” Jackie Blankenship says. “That’s the only body I know.” That’s her declaration in an online article titled, “I’m intersex — 4 facts you don’t know about me.”

Is Gender Mutable?

Gender Humanity Sexuality
/ By Randall Johnson

When Moses tells God that he cannot go to Pharaoh and tell him to let God’s people go, because, Moses says, “I am slow of speech and tongue,” God says, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who

How Gender Can Go Wrong

Gender Humanity Sexuality
/ By Randall Johnson

She went to get her chromosomes tested. 46,XY karyotype, it turned out, the typical male chromosome. She had no uterus but looked female, with a vagina (albeit one that did not open into a cervix or womb)

Does the Bible Define Gender?

Gender Humanity Sexuality
/ By Randall Johnson

I was asked to teach a course at church on Biblical manhood. What are the characteristics of a godly man? As I examined Scripture it became apparent to me that the characteristics of a godly man weren’t

How Do We Define Gender?

During the confirmation hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson as supreme court judge, Senator Marsha Blackurn of Tennessee asked the nominee, “Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?”

Glorious and Depraved (10): Male and Female

Humanity Sexuality Trinity
/ By Randall Johnson

Though it is common now to see men and women moving toward a more equitable range of characteristics, the differences between men and women have not and cannot be erased. We know that there are biological

1 Thessalonians 4:1-12, Needed Exhortations to Holiness

This was a young church. Paul had not neglected to teach them, even in the short time he was with them. But there is a need to repeat instruction, as he has learned from Timothy’s visit. There had been

Is zoophilia okay?

marriage Sexuality Theology Questions
/ By Randall Johnson

Question: While searching on google the auto complete feature has led me to a topic that I find odd. The word was zoophilia, which is mutual relationships between animals and humans. This made me wonder

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