Sexuality & Relationships
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Does the Bible permit birth control?
The Bible does not explicitly forbid birth control, but calls couples to honor sexuality within marriage with wisdom, integrity, and openness to life.
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What Does the Bible Say About Pornography?
The Bible doesn't use the word pornography, but it clearly condemns lustful looking, sexual immorality, and adultery of the heart — all of which apply directly to pornography.
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What are biblical grounds for divorce?
Scripture names two grounds for divorce: sexual unfaithfulness (Matt 19:9) and desertion by an unbelieving spouse (1 Cor 7:15). Even then, divorce is permitted, never commanded.
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What does the Bible say about divorce and remarriage?
The Bible permits but never commands divorce, allowing it for sexual unfaithfulness or abandonment. The innocent party may generally remarry; God welcomes the divorced.
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What Does the Bible Say About Interracial Marriage?
The Bible never forbids interracial marriage. It blesses it. Scripture's only marriage warnings concern faith, not skin color, ethnicity, or race.
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What does the Bible say about sex before marriage?
The Bible reserves sex for marriage and calls sex before marriage sin, naming it among forms of sexual immorality (Greek porneia) the believer is told to flee.
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Is masturbation a sin according to the Bible?
The Bible never names masturbation directly, but it does address the lust, fantasy, and self-focus that usually surround it. The honest answer is: it depends on the heart.
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What does the Bible say about homosexuality? Is it a sin?
The Bible consistently presents same-sex sexual activity as outside God's design, and so a sin. Yet it speaks to every person with the same grace and call to Christ.