Marc, what I appreciate is that you don't just write true things - you write them beautifully and compellingly. I'm reading Jared Wilson's The Storied Life right now, which is on the art of Christian writing, and he talks about the difference between good writing (which clearly communicates an idea) and great writing (which communicates an idea and moves the soul as it does so). I think you're a great writer. Keep going.
I find this a very encouraging and honest discussion of sexuality. I love the Mere Christianity quote, always been a fan of C.S. Lewis. I've struggled with this for a little over a decade and a half and this is a refreshing re-orientation of God's original design for sex and how we are meant to experience it. Also find the coffee story a really interesting window into what we crave and what it can turn into over time!
As always your writing is so clear, Marc! Something I have also been thinking about is the connection between pride and sexual sins more broadly. It's as though when we engage in (individually or culturally) sexual immorality we should not necessarily expect to be a more lustful people, but a more self-absorbed people.
Dude, you are reading my mind! I am working on another piece right now that is arguing that (as ugly as this phrasing sounds) we live in a "masturbative society." I might opt to use the term "auto-erotic" instead, just because "masturabtive" sounds so gross, lol. But, the logical conclusion of sexual sin, as a species of pride, is to pull us away from using sex to connect with others and transforms it just into the solitary act.
Great piece, Marc.
Marc, what I appreciate is that you don't just write true things - you write them beautifully and compellingly. I'm reading Jared Wilson's The Storied Life right now, which is on the art of Christian writing, and he talks about the difference between good writing (which clearly communicates an idea) and great writing (which communicates an idea and moves the soul as it does so). I think you're a great writer. Keep going.
Dude! I just read that! Sometimes I read the quotes you post and wonder if there isn't just a glitch in the matrix and we are actually the same person
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I find this a very encouraging and honest discussion of sexuality. I love the Mere Christianity quote, always been a fan of C.S. Lewis. I've struggled with this for a little over a decade and a half and this is a refreshing re-orientation of God's original design for sex and how we are meant to experience it. Also find the coffee story a really interesting window into what we crave and what it can turn into over time!
As always your writing is so clear, Marc! Something I have also been thinking about is the connection between pride and sexual sins more broadly. It's as though when we engage in (individually or culturally) sexual immorality we should not necessarily expect to be a more lustful people, but a more self-absorbed people.
Dude, you are reading my mind! I am working on another piece right now that is arguing that (as ugly as this phrasing sounds) we live in a "masturbative society." I might opt to use the term "auto-erotic" instead, just because "masturabtive" sounds so gross, lol. But, the logical conclusion of sexual sin, as a species of pride, is to pull us away from using sex to connect with others and transforms it just into the solitary act.
And thanks, man! Appreciate it!