Mothers Day

Posted by tom | May 9, 2010

Cover of Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat.  Downers Grove, IL:  InterVarsity Press, 2004. A few weeks ago *CultureIsNotOptional's (*CINO) Daily Asterisk drew a quote from Brian Walsh & Sylvia Keesmaat's Colossians Remixed (Downers Grove, IL:  InterVarsity Press, 2004). I kept it on hold for Mother's Day.  It's been awhile since I've read this commentary, I would be interested in looking up this quote to read it in context.

Sexual sin is sin not because it is sexual but because it is invariably covetous.  It replaces the pleasure and sexual enjoyment of two people in a loving relationship with a self-centered gratification of sexual longings that can never be fulfilled apart from commitment.  Such sin breaks the back of trust that is at the heart of community...

 

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