{"id":28923,"date":"2020-12-24T16:29:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T22:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=28923"},"modified":"2020-12-24T16:30:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T22:30:26","slug":"can-a-christian-use-a-sauna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-a-christian-use-a-sauna\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Christian use a sauna?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Can a Christian use a sauna? If a Swede or Scandinavian becomes a Christian, should they stop going to the sauna, even in a case that it isn&#8217;t sexual?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>While saunas are popular in Sweden and Scandinavia, they are not limited to those countries so I will just focus on whether using a sauna is sinful. But in reality, the question is focused on the wrong thing. There is nothing inherently right or wrong about sitting in a steam-filled room. The issue is not the use of a sauna but modesty.<\/p>\n<p>There are single-use saunas, so the issue becomes no different than showering. Public saunas can be single-sex or mixed. Typically people wear swimwear in mixed-gender saunas, so the issue then is whether the swimwear is modest or not. Even if you wear modest clothing, it is very likely that other people in the sauna will not be modestly dressed. In single-sex saunas, nudity is frequent. It would be no different than open showers for the same gender. However, society has been pushing homosexuality and this can cause problems that are best to be avoided.<\/p>\n<p>Like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-mixed-swimming-right-or-wrong\/\">mixed swimming<\/a>, in general, the use of a sauna has numerous hazards for a Christian. But at the same time, it is wrong to make a broad rule that using a sauna is always wrong because the rule focuses on physical activity and not why it is wrong. There are times when using a sauna is perfectly innocent and fine.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Can a Christian use a sauna? If a Swede or Scandinavian becomes a Christian, should they stop going to the sauna, even in a case that it isn&#8217;t sexual? Answer: While saunas are popular in Sweden and Scandinavia, they are not limited to those countries so I will just focus on whether using a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365],"class_list":["post-28923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-modesty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39589,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-possible-to-find-modest-swimwear\/","url_meta":{"origin":28923,"position":0},"title":"Is it possible to find modest swimwear?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: After reading many of your questions and answers on the subject of apparel, I am still confused a little bit. In one\u00a0article,\u00a0you stated, \"Nakedness is the exposure of the sexual organs. Any clothing that allows a view of these parts is considered equivalent to being naked.\" I agree with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24475,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-mixed-swimming-right-or-wrong\/","url_meta":{"origin":28923,"position":1},"title":"Is mixed swimming right or wrong?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I was reading\u00a0your sermons on modesty. What I want to know is why do\u00a0you say mixed swimming is wrong, but in the article labeled \"Emphasizing the Physical\", mixed bathing is not considered wrong, but people make it a rule? I'm a little confused. Answer: People love to make rules,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18312,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-you-saying-that-some-societies-standards-of-dress-are-wrong\/","url_meta":{"origin":28923,"position":2},"title":"Are you saying that some societies&#8217; standards of dress are wrong?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi Mr. Hamilton, I agree with you on modesty but was wondering what you would say in the case of societies like some in Africa where women are bare-chested as well as the men. Is this like the case similar to an ankle in the Victorian age or are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54185,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-real-issue-in-modesty\/","url_meta":{"origin":28923,"position":3},"title":"The Real Issue in Modesty","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer I see a variety of discussions about modesty. Often they seem to devolve into disputes about issues like women's empowerment, men's lustful habits, and where exactly the lines on the body should be. I have no interest in starting another such dispute, so let's not go there.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/humble-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5041,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-wrong-for-a-christian-woman-to-wear-pants\/","url_meta":{"origin":28923,"position":4},"title":"Is it wrong for a Christian woman to wear pants?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 29, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Is it wrong for a Christian woman to wear pants of any kind? I always see references to not wearing tight pants but very little on the actual subject of whether pants are wrong, immodest, or a man's clothing. The Bible teaches that there is to be a definite\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1775,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-isnt-i-timothy-29-taken-literally\/","url_meta":{"origin":28923,"position":5},"title":"Why isn&#8217;t I Timothy 2:9 taken literally?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 9, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: On I Timothy 2:9, how come it is not taken literally? I was wondering because I keep getting told that it is cultural when I do not understand even how the Bible could possibly be cultural being the Word of God and II Timothy 3:16. 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