{"id":57702,"date":"2023-01-06T19:24:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T01:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=57702"},"modified":"2023-01-06T19:24:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T01:24:55","slug":"discussion-on-pre-marital-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/discussion-on-pre-marital-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion on Pre-Marital Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Osamagbe Lesley Egharevba and Jeff Hamilton<\/p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pre-Marital Sex\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HH4zo98fWJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Osamagbe Lesley Egharevba and Jeff Hamilton<\/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,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1488],"tags":[66,1572,205,156,596,203],"class_list":["post-57702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video","tag-adultery","tag-fornication","tag-lewdness","tag-lust","tag-sensuality","tag-sexual-touching"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26107,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-included-in-porneia\/","url_meta":{"origin":57702,"position":0},"title":"What is included in porneia?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi! I have been studying sex and the Bible. What I am really confused about is that the Bible does not mention oral sex or mutual masturbation. It only mentions anal sex and vaginal sex. Thus, how are oral sex and mutual masturbation a sin? How is it sexual\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":54046,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-far-can-you-go-with-your-girlfriend-in-regard-to-intimacy\/","url_meta":{"origin":57702,"position":1},"title":"How far can you go with your girlfriend in regard to intimacy?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi Jeff, How far can you go with your girlfriend in regard to intimacy? Answer: Let's start with what most people would agree would be going too far: sexual intercourse or fornication. 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