Geoffrey W. Sutton PhD, Psychology and Culture

Noah’s  Curse In a previous post I left readers with a challenge to explore Noah’s curse so I thought I would follow-up on that-- especially since the Noah movie has been a splash hit. Here’s the text ( Genesis 9:21-25 ; NASB ): 21  He drank of the wine and   became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.   22  Ham, the father of Canaan,   saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.   23  But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were   turned away, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.   24  When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him.   25  So he said, “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants.  He shall be to his brothers.”   Question Now why would Noah curse his grandson because his dad, Ham, jus...

SEX   in   the  BIBLE  A few decades ago, discussions about biblical perspectives on sexuality were few and far between—at least as far as popular books are concerned. Mark and Grace Driscoll authored a New York Times best seller, Real Marriage , which contains frank discussions about sex from a conservative American Evangelical perspective. A 7 March 2014 report by Christianity Today , describes its rise to become a best seller as controversial. Religious scholars (e.g., Michael Coogan, Jennifer Knust, Teresa Hornsby) have also produced recent works offering alternatives to conservative perspectives on the Bible’s sex texts. In this post I look at some of the biblical euphemisms for sex and note some reasons why people reach different conclusions about the Bible and sex. TRANSLATION PLEASE Some Christians take pride in doing personal Bible study and trusting God to guide them into truth. Insights are often shared in study groups. But which ...