Sodomy. Now there is a great word. Just saying it makes your mouth feel dirty. Most people only have a vague idea what the word means. Its origin lies in the Bible - and it means "behaving like someone who is from the city of Sodom." The city of Sodom is well-known because it was fried by God in a shower of fire and brimstone. But that isn't why the word is still in our vocabulary today. In Genesis 19, there is an account of a group of men from Sodom who attempt to gang rape some angels who come to visit a guy named Lot, one of God's servants. As a result, the word has come down to us referring to a number of different deviant sexual behaviors. While this word has come to be used very little in the general public, it is still widely used by two groups: lawyers and religious fundamentalists. The former use it to describe a collection of sexual crimes. The latter use it to demean and offend homosexuals. The irony is that the sa...
A man made of mud learning to live as an image bearer of God