Evolutionary Christianity Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Evolutionary Christianity -------------------------------------------- Date: 8/29/2000 Keywords: "Christianity" "discipline" "naturalism" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Psalm 32:9* Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you. Questions 1. How can we apply this verse to our struggles with pornography?   2. What "bit and bridle" could God use on you?   Practical help Since Charles Darwin shocked the world with his theory on the origin of the species, biologists have tended to view human beings as the most evolved apes. Sigmund Freud picked up the theme in "Civilization and Its Discontents." People, he argued, were just animals who need to express our base instincts. Christianity flies in the face of this naturalistic worldview. According to Scripture, God made people in his image, a special designation of dignity far exceeding the most advanced chimp. A corollary: God-created beings have the ability — and responsibility — to make moral choices. And that includes shunning pornography. Don't buy the materialistic line about "indulging the animal within." The only thing you'll find inside yourself are the fingerprints of the Creator. Besides, if we stray too long, God may decide to break out the bit and bridle. The discipline feels unpleasant, and it's not eased by one irony: We're finally getting treated like the animals we're pretending to be. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.