Thursday, September 3, 2009

Drunk on wives, Muslim Favor and Biblical Sexism


Let's face it men- God wired us as visual creatures and we yearn for more physical intimacy with our spouses than they do- generally speaking. It's just a fact of life and that makes married life a bit more challenging for our wives.

How many of our wives can compete with the carefully crafted and often artificial images of femine beauty thrown at us daily if not hourly in this culture? Few women can match those images at first glance and it is therefore a competition the Bible forbids. God calls men- Christian husbands in particular, to love their wives as Christ loved the church as we'll discuss Sunday (Ephesians 5:25-33), in a self-sacrifcing, unconditional way as an act of the will. So, a righteous husband decalres the beauty contest over before it begins by choice. He declares his wife the winner and happily chooses to devote his heart and eyes to her in advance. Proverbs 5:18-21 tells us that a husband is to be "intoxicated" in the love and beauty of his bride. Your wife doesn't need to be second best men- she can be your delight if you choose to see her as Christ sees His bride- the body of Christ.

When you invest time and effort in getting to know your wife by spending as much quanity and quality time with her as you possibly can, her winsomeness and inner beauty will take on a physical beauty that no porn web-site or magazine cover could ever match. More on this Sunday in "The Biblical Blueprint for Husbands."

Speaking of the Ladies.... Delilah, Jezebel and Eve... whether they were temptresses, harlots or simply chattel for men, are know as biblical failures to some extent and give women everywhere a raw deal according to most feminists and scriptural skeptics right? However, according to new research, the majority of women found in scripture receive positive or matter of fact write-ups dispelling the notion that the Bible is somehow "sexist."
The Bible Society found that there are "four times as many saints than sinners" in God's Word and that women are often described in "glowing terms" therein. We must remember that much of our Bible is historical narrative (e.g. thge Old Testament and the book of Acts) narrative in nature and therefore men or women alike, will be described as the are: fallen, sinful creatures in need of redemption and reconilliation with their maker.

BTW: President Obama who declined to observe the National Day of Prayer (a 50-year-old American, presidential tradition often chaired by evangelical Christians), just observed the Islamic high holy days of Ramadan by extoling the "dynamism and diversity" of Islam at a dinner marking this monthly fast for Muslims everywhere. This is an interesting show of support for diversity when we consider that according to World Net Daily, a new and much anticipated Muslim film (a 52 part series) called the "Arrivals," just debuted putting forth the idea that the Jesus Christ of the Bible worshipped by millions is just a Christianized version of Ra, the Egyptian "sun god," who may be part of a world-wide conspiracy to conceal his true identity as a 'one-eyed' anti-christ. Isn't that lovely?

How would the press and the President treat a Christian-based film today making similar claims of Mohammed or Allah? Would diversity reign supreme then? Keep your eyes and ears open.