Side B. Maybe This is Food for Thought
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“A&N, thanks so much for taking a recurrent, unflinching look at Side B and related issues. If I may, here’s a thought I haven’t heard expressed anywhere else.
You and others have rightly pointed out that Side B adherents seem to treat sexual sins as unique; these temptations, distinct from all others, can’t be mortified by the Holy Spirit. A’s illustration of “a bulimic Christian” is spot on.
But what of “an alcoholic Christian?” Groups like AA teach that alcoholism is an immutable characteristic. Once you admit you’re an alcoholic, it’s something that affects everything in your life. You can’t even take communion using wine, because there’s a risk that the first drop of alcohol will take you, not just to the place you were, but to the place you would be today if you’d never stopped drinking. Like homosexuality, temptation in the area of alcohol is a sin the Holy Spirit apparently can’t cover.
In both cases, AA and Side B, the best they can offer is “sin management,” which is a long way from repentance and faith. Or maybe, in the case of AA, it’s repentance without faith: I acknowledge my sin, but I’ll never get away from it. But I’m going to try really hard not to DO the thing anymore.
AA isn’t presently the threat that Side B is, but I think it’s worth considering that people have been adding qualifying words to “Christian” without correction for a long time, often being congratulated for it. Perhaps we should begin to take care that the noun “Christian” is an absolute, and shouldn’t be modified by adjectives at all!”
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United States of America ·
02/24/24
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