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Article: Sex, morality and the Protestant minister: what sexual standards should the clergy obey?
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- Newsweek
- Article date:
- July 28, 1997
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Although he wasn't married himself, Jesus had some rather clear teachings on the subject. Adultery was sin, he declared, and that included even lustful looks at another woman. He was tough on divorce, too, saying that anyone who divorces and marries another also commits adultery. But the authority of Scripture isn't what it used to be -- even for those who preach it from the pulpit. In recent years the divorce rate for Protestant clergy has risen to match the general population's. Now the question is, Are the Scriptures condemning adultery and fornication to be modified as well?
It's not an idle inquiry. Various surveys suggest that as many as 30 percent of ...