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103 The Kingdom Is Too Hedonic (Kingdom of God 12)

Posted on July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 by Sean Finnegan

Last time we saw that some influential Christians rejected the biblical teaching on the kingdom because the idea of living on earth forever seemed crude to them.  This time, we look at how the ancients thought about bodies and bodily pleasures.  As it turns out, from (at least) Plato onward, many philosophers tended to embrace Read more about 103 The Kingdom Is Too Hedonic (Kingdom of God 12)[…]

Posted in Bible Doctrines, Classes, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of God Class, Resurrection, SexualityTagged 1 Corinthians 7, Acts of John, Acts of Paul and Thecla, Acts of Thecla, alcohol, Anthony, ascetic, asceticism, askesis, Augustine, bodily pleasures, body, boundaries, Celsus, Clement of Alexandria, Colossians 2.18-23, conjugal rights, Dionysius, drinking, eating, Ecclesiastes 3.12-13, Ecclesiastes 9.7-9, eschatological hedonism, feasts, Gaius, garden of eden, hedonic, hedonism, Jerome, kingdom, kingdom of God, kingdom of God class, marriage, monk, Musonius Rufus, Origen, Phaedo, Philo, Plato, pleasure, Plotinus, Porphyry, Proto-Gospel of James, Proverbs 5, Psuedo-Crates, Psuedo-Diogenes, sex1 Comment

Rejecting the Kingdom 2: Too Hedonistic

Posted on November 24, 2015November 6, 2015 by Sean Finnegan

by Sean Finnegan According to the Hebrew prophets, one day the God of heaven will set up a kingdom on this world, restoring it back to its original glory. Instead of shucking off the body like a husk so the soul can ascend, the biblical teaching about humanity’s destiny is rather fleshy. God designed humans Read more about Rejecting the Kingdom 2: Too Hedonistic[…]

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