We’ve had denominations spending years to formulate statements about sex, as though suddenly, at the end of the twentieth century, we could unravel what has been a tangle since Adam and Eve. We’ve had those who think they can make the definitive statement about homosexuality, or abortion, or life after death. But that’s not what true prophets do. True prophets point out problems, rather than offering easy solutions. They tell us that actions have consequences, that if we fall into sexual or any other kind of self-indulgence we will find that the price can be intolerably high.
