Author: Barbara Roberts

Author of "Not Under Bondage: Biblical Divorce for Abuse, Adultery and Desertion". cryingoutforjustice.blog. mysteryofiniquity.blog. Survivor of abuse. Advocate for victims of abuse.

Josephine Butler – a nineteenth century Christian who advocated for the oppressed and outcast

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There is a weak and prostrate figure lying at our door. Her hands are on the threshold, flung forward in mute appeal. On one side of the door are the powers of hell. On the other side, in their safe dwelling place, the selfish sleepers to whom the pale cold hands appeal in vain.

What does “one flesh” signify? Fictive kinship? Or sexual intercourse? (Butler Series)

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Does "one flesh" refer to the act of sexual intercourse? Or does it signify kinship? Joshua Butler argues in Beautiful Union that "one flesh" means sexual intercourse. ...one flesh zeroes in much more directly on the center of sex itself: bodily union. ... One flesh is about the merging of two separate bodies into one.… Continue reading What does “one flesh” signify? Fictive kinship? Or sexual intercourse? (Butler Series)