It dislodges our assumption that having sex is necessary to be truly, fully alive. If Jesus abstained and if he is the measure of what counts as true humanity, then I may abstain too—and trust that, in so doing, I will not ultimately lose. Moberly asks, “Are we willing to find our identity in Christ, and our appropriate lifestyle in faithfulness to him, rather than in the fashions of contemporary gay movements? And can we learn to recognize celibacy as a life-enhancing vocation of faithfulness to