indeed explicitly, teaches that sexual activity outside of marriage is not necessarily bad. Even when I am watching my beloved sports on TV, many of the commercials are sexually suggestive. In many European countries, the TV is much worse in regard to nudity and sexual messages. 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8 teaches us to resist sexual temptations. This passage shows that sexual copulation outside of marriage is a heinous sin (‘rejects not man, but God’, see also 1 Cor. 6:18) and one which the church needs
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