The issue, of course, is not whether we recognize our bodies as physical, but whether we recognize this physical nature as good. Do we humbly embrace and honor our bodies, or do we see them as a source of shame, embarrassment, and guilt? “Many people,” notes biblical scholar Dr. Gregg Allison, “abhor their body, and many Christians … consider their body to be, at best, a hindrance to spiritual maturity and, at worst, inherently evil or the ultimate source of sin.”2
