Not Buying False Choices: The Christian Vision for Sex Is Better

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW14313378 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW14313378 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">In his recent and remarkable book,</span></span> <a class="Hyperlink SCXW14313378 BCX4" href= "https://colsoncenter.christianbook.com/biblical-critical-bibles-unfolding-modern-culture/christopher-watkin/9780310128724/pd/0128724?event=ESRCG" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "TextRun Underlined SCXW14313378 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">Biblical Critical Theory</span></span><span class= "TextRun Underlined SCXW14313378 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">,</span></span></a> <span class= "TextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">theologian Christopher Watkin points out</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">how often our</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">thinking falls into false dichotomies. Humans are either animals or gods</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">;</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">the planet is either</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">progressing toward utopia or doomed to catastrophe</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">;</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">sex is either no big deal or our whole identity. Back and forth the cultural pendulum swings, never considering that there may be another</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">option</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">:</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">a story that transcends</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14313378 BCX4">these dich