Concupiscence, contraception and pastoral carelessness

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In his chapter of Ruined Sinners to Reclaim,  Stephen Wedgeworth outlines his understanding of a Protestant doctrine of concupiscence before landing on two areas of application, both are around sex and sexuality.  The second is about same sex attraction but the first is about contraception. Whilst he doesn’t go so far as ruling out contraception… Continue reading Concupiscence, contraception and pastoral carelessness

Contraception, Homosexuality and Christian Ethics

I want to pick up on a twitter thread I looked at recently.  The basis of the thread is that Christians strongly insist that same-sex attracted people should comply with traditional Christian ethics. However, the traditional Christian ethic was until the 20th century that contraception was also sinful.  I have a couple of concerns with… Continue reading Contraception, Homosexuality and Christian Ethics