Comments on: Sex Is Cheap in Birmingham

By: Ten Items of Interest (v. 3) | VanderBlog | VanderBlog

Ten Items of Interest (v. 3) | VanderBlog | VanderBlog — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:57:23 +0000

[...] From Collin Hansen [...]

By: Michael Coughlin

Michael Coughlin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:13:05 +0000

A brave and insightful post, Colin.

By: Brian Fulton

Brian Fulton — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:43:48 +0000

Colin,

Last year, we raised funds on college campuses to give to IJM & on a local level, The Well House. They are the only ones I know who have practical, tangible help in Birmingham in regards to sex trafficking. They have housing there. They are faith-based. The gal who runs the organization is a professor at UAB and is a former-prostitute herself. Its worth exploring if you aren't sure where to start. She has a wealth of knowledge in regards to sex trafficking in Birmingham.

By: Around the Horn: 11.15.12 | Treading Grain

Around the Horn: 11.15.12 | Treading Grain — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:40:11 +0000

[...] Sex is Cheap in Birmingham Sexual liberation wasn’t supposed to end with $5 hookers. By freeing love from the shackles of marriage, we were going to enjoy sex as a pleasurable physical act and nothing more. Our movies and TV shows envisioned a brave new world without repressive mores and the prudes who sought to enforce them through shame. Leading publications have celebrated the new normal, where women now rule the hookup culture. [...]

By: GratefulforGrace

GratefulforGrace — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:32:22 +0000

okay

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:19:42 +0000

But being healthy is *better* than being sick, isn't it? Besides, those words are euphemisms for "godly" vs "ungodly." The Bible never uses PC therapeutic language. The Scripture approves the use of morally-evaluative language -- it repeatedly talks about the "wicked" vs the "righteous", for example. My wife is a far better woman than a prostitute or a thief, though my wife is also a sinner. The Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, in that they studied the Scripture to see if what Paul preached was true. The Bereans weren't healthier-minded, they were better than the Thessalonians at least in that matter. The apostles called certain extremely wicked people "dogs." It illustrates that the Holy Spirit doesn't follow modern PC guidelines on speech.

By: GratefulforGrace

GratefulforGrace — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:41:59 +0000

@Jack, your use of "better than" here bothers me. I guess it reminds me of the ways Christian men (in fact, ONLY Christian men) have looked down upon me because of my past choices. I think I'd probably use the word "healthier" instead of "better than." "Better than" seems to set up some kind of hierarchy that I don't think Jesus spoke about when speaking to the religious and the sinners.

By: Despre sex si mantuire | La Razvi' – Razvan Mihalcea

Despre sex si mantuire | La Razvi' – Razvan Mihalcea — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:26:34 +0000

[...] Restul aici [...]

By: MJ Schmid

MJ Schmid — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:47:28 +0000

Excellent, insightful post Collin. I especially like your statement, "Sexual liberation wasn't supposed to end with $5 hookers." It frustrates me to no end that our culture continues in willful ignorance of the consequences of our sexual immorality. It humbles me to think that I would be no different were it not for the grace of God.
That last sentence sums it up nicely: we live in a society that needs to be confronted with the truth of the Bible and the meaning of the Cross, both for our bodies and for our eternal souls.

By: T.Newbell

T.Newbell — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:39:45 +0000

Amen!