I wrote this post a while ago but came across it today… It reminded me how much I enjoyed this book and I think this one of my favorite parts…
This chapter I read from Sex God was probably one of the best yet. Here is a little bit from it:
His [Jesus] entire life is about the [...]
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I’m lovin’ this weather so much! It’s chilly but I would much rather have it this way than blazing hot like it is most of the year! I can actually break out my long sleeve shirts and jackets :)
Here’s some other stuff I’m lovin’…
- My amazing husband! He’s always so loving and selfless…
- That Christmas [...]
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This chapter I read from Sex God was probably one of the best yet. Here is a little bit from it:
His [Jesus] entire life is about the stripping away of power and control. Jesus always chooses the path of love, not power.
Inclusion not exclusion.
Connection and solidarity rather than rank and hierarchy.
Touch rather than distance.
Compassion rather [...]
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We are not free.
Lust is slavery.
If I want something to the point that I can’t conceive of being content without it, then it owns me.
Those are all from the next chapter I just read out of Sex God. Yes I know, It’s taking me forever! No excuses, it just has.
Anyway- I loved this chapter…Bell discusses [...]
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I finished reading that chapter I was discussing in my last post. I read a sentence that I wanted to share:
“Denying and stuffing and repressing never works because it’s a failure to acknowledge what is central to being a human being.”
If anyone has read Sex God, they know that what I’m going to talk about isn’t [...]
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So I really wanted to write about the next chapter I started reading in Sex God…if only I could have finished reading it. I had the worst headache so I don’t know what made me think I could read, much less a whole chapter. I do have to say though, the book has challenged my [...]
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I started reading Sex God, by Rob Bell the other day. I’m just starting really…I read the 1st chapter today. I’m already amazed by the things Bell has to say…part of the first chapter he’s discussing the way we treat people. Bell says:
“When a human being is mistreated, objectified, or neglected, when they are treated [...]
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