and works, human sinfulness, Jesus’s death on the cross, and the coming judgment are of far more concern to the biblical writers. This is why these kinds of topics tend to form the major headings in systematic theology textbooks, whereas sex does not. Good systematic theology therefore not only gives us syntheses of those matters that the Bible addresses, it also helps restrain us from majoring on the minors or making mountains out of molehills. We can go even further with systematic theology and