Sexuality, Gender & Marriage
Sexuality is one of the most beautiful and powerful gifts God has given humans. It is not surprising that Satan desires to distort healthy sexuality. Our society is particularly filled rife with distortions regarding sexuality, gender, and marriage. Thus, this section offers documents which address various aspects of sexuality from a biblical, culturally relevant perspective.
Patriarchy, Rape, and Heroism: Lessons from the Congo
Steven R. Tracy, Ph.D
Professor of Theology and Ethics, Phoenix Seminary
In 1899 Joseph Conrad wrote the classic novel Heart of Darkness, using the context of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to expose the malevolent darkness of the human heart. Now, over a century lat [...]
The ‘Family Values’ Culture War
Steven R. Tracy, Ph.D
Professor of Theology and Ethics, Phoenix Seminary
Founder, Mending the Soul Ministries
For the past three decades conservative evangelicals have been heavily involved in social and political debate regarding issues deemed critically relevant to the welfare of the traditional nuclear f [...]
Book Review of The Macho Paradox
Steven R. Tracy, Ph.D
Professor of Theology and Ethics, Phoenix Seminary
Founder, Mending the Soul Ministries
Violence against women is an ugly reality in our fallen world. And the more one studies this subject and the more one listens to women, the uglier it gets. This makes The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men [...]
Chastity and the Goodness of God: The Case for Premarital Sexual Abstinence
Steven R. Tracy, Ph.D
Professor of Theology and Ethics, Phoenix Seminary
Founder, Mending the Soul Ministries
I still identify myself as a religious woman, but I feel that the Lord has a big world out there to take care of, and I take car [...]
The Marriage Mystery
Steven R. Tracy, Ph.D
Professor of Theology and Ethics, Phoenix Seminary
Founder, Mending the Soul Ministries
Surely one of Satan’s most wide-spread, persistent lies is that one must go outside of God’s commandments to find well being because God’s interests and our best interests don’t always intersect. [...]
