S9 Ep997: #997 - Singleness, the “Gift of Celibacy,” and Healthy Complementarianism: Dr. Dani Treweek
Theology in the Raw
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Is He Addressing the Unmarried and the Widows?
In the Greco-Roman culture it was common for widows to be remarried within three years. Paul is not just saying, if you feel sexual desire, then you're not meant to be single. He's writing to ii specific people who are engaged in specific activity and with specific others. And so when paul says, if they cannot exercise self control, they should marry, i have still been able to exercise a huge amount of agency in my decisions that would have been completely foreign to first century christians.
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