sex god.

it's always about something else.

the writer of Genesis makes it clear that in all of creation there is something different about humans.  they aren't God, and they aren't going to become God, but in some distinct, intentional way, something of God has been placed in them.  we reflect what God is like and who God is.  a divine spark resides in every single human being.

everybody, everywhere. bearers of the divine image.

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in the books of Psalms, it's written: "the Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all."  to the Jewish mind, heaven is not a fixed, unchanging geographical location somewhere other than this world.  heaven is the realm where things are as God intends them to be.  the place where things are under the rule and reign of God.  and that place can be anywhere, anytime, with anybody.

we can live however we want. we can choose to live under the rule and reign of God, or we can choose to rebel against God and live some other way.

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something serious - something hellish - happens when people are treated as objects, and we should resist it at all costs.

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new humanity :  all of the things that separate us or that make us different no longer matter because this new commonality, this new bond is simply bigger than what previously kept us apart (race, background, wealth, socio- economic status, worldview, religion). 

the new humanity is about seeing people as God sees them.

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some excerpts from sex god that tugged at my heart strings.