What the classical world called love, Christians called abuse, “thereby construing all sexual contact with the young as an act of corruption”. In the reign of the Christian emperor Justinian (527–565), pederasty was outlawed and could be prosecuted well after the abuse took place. Here church and state—preaching and legislation—worked together as a one-two punch against the sexualisation of children. 
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After a wet weekend, the sun is shining again. A good ride along Yarrie Lake Rd. #cycling #Narrabri

The church became a place of dignity, protection and provision for women. In 251 a bishop in Rome wrote to another in Antioch, pointing out that “more than fifteen hundred widows and distressed persons” were in the care of the local congregation (a congregation of about 30,000).  Glen Scrivener

My ride to Haire Drive was sabotaged by road sealing on Kaputar Road so I chucked a U-y and went on a reverse Bunnings run. Showers on the way home completed the joy.

In the Bible, sex is marital and marriage is sexual. The one-flesh act (sex) belongs in the one-flesh union (marriage). Glen Scrivener

A beautiful morning with summer slowly giving way to autumn. Lots of kangaroos jumping around, but none close enough to photograph. #cycling #Narrabri

He loved the loveless to make them lovely and to make them bearers of his love to the world. Compassion drove it all. Glen Scrivener

A shorter ride this morning. Body and mind were not into it. 😒 A flat tyre before I left home meant I had to ride my old bike.

If natural selection means the survival of the fittest and the sacrifice of the weakest, Christianity is about the sacrifice of the Fittest (Jesus Christ) for the survival of the weakest (us). It is a moral revolution, confounding the Nietzsches of the world and giving hope to the “botched”. The centre of this revolution is a unique vision of God.  Glen Scrivener

When your head is spinning because you had too many emotions, an hour in the countryside with the wind in your face helps to restore order. #cycling #Narrabri