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Jacob and Solomon were polygamists. Tamar and Rahab were prostitutes. What are polygamists and prostitutes doing on the webpages of holy scripture? And God advised the prophet Hosea to marry a prostitute. What about Cain - performed he really marry his sister? Abraham performed, and he was also a polygamist. Lot offered his daughters up for rape, David dedicated adultery (or rape?), and the Bible phone calls both men righteous. Love, Old Testament style, was bizarre. As viewers of the Old Testament encounter these weird, complicated, and horrific "love" reports, they ask, "What's up with intimacy in the Old Testament?" The Chapel often ignores the R-rated bits of the Bible, so it's hard for people to find answers with their disturbing questions about intimacy in scripture, which can lead people to give up God and God's phrase. However, these reports were included in the Bible for a reason: to uncover a far more shocking "love" report. When humans act badly, God behaves graciously. God not only forgives people who have sexual baggage but also redeems their lives and includes them in his objective. God's word details their report to advantage us. Equally sex was not often ideal in the Old Testament, it's not ideal today. Instead of ignoring these reports, Prostitutes and Polygamists engages, discusses, and discovers from them.
