Regarding sexual intimacy between a married couple, what does the Nazarene church mean by the phrase, “properly expressed?”<\/p>\n
“…We stand firmly on the belief that the biblical concept of marriage, always between one man and one woman in a committed, lifelong relationship, is the only relationship within which the gift of sexual intimacy is properly expressed.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t
Answer:<\/h2>\n
You would have to ask those who wrote the statement what they meant by it. I’m not a member of the Nazarene denomination, nor a defender of its teachings.<\/p>\n
However, in this particular quote, they do happen to teach what is found in the Bible. “Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge<\/em>” (Hebrews 13:4). It is only within marriage that is sex is properly expressed between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n\t
Response:<\/h2>\n
Thank you so much for your reply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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